Plasma in Saturn's magnetosphere

Details Plasma in Saturn's magnetosphere Plasma in Saturn's magnetosphere

Jun 1984

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1984jgr....89.3821e&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 89, June 1, 1984, p. 3821-3828, 3971.

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Planetary Magnetospheres, Saturn Atmosphere, Space Plasmas, Thermal Plasmas, Dissociation, Enceladus, Ion Recombination, Molecular Ions, Voyager Project, Saturn, Magnetosphere, Plasma, Composition, Distribution, Structure, Voyager Missions, Theoretical Studies, Boundaries, Magnetohydrodynamics, Corotation, Ions, Resonance

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The spatial and compositional distribution of the thermal plasma in the magnetosphere of Saturn is described in the light of the Voyager encounters. Theoretical considerations are applied to the elucidation of the structure, including two external and two internal boundaries. The outer boundary is a magnetohydrodynamic entity, while the inner boundary of locally created thermal plasma is a result of the dissociative recombination of corotating molecular ions. The internal boundaries, which separate plasmas of different composition, are explained as a charge exchange quasi-resonance phenomenon.

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