Physics
Scientific paper
Dec 2009
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009agufmsm23c1627l&link_type=abstract
American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2009, abstract #SM23C-1627
Physics
[2730] Magnetospheric Physics / Magnetosphere: Inner, [2736] Magnetospheric Physics / Magnetosphere/Ionosphere Interactions, [2753] Magnetospheric Physics / Numerical Modeling, [6275] Planetary Sciences: Solar System Objects / Saturn
Scientific paper
We will analyze recent numerical simulations of plasma transport in Saturn's inner magnetosphere (2 < L < 12) using the Rice Convection Model (RCM). In recent simulations, by incorporating a continuously active distributed plasma source derived from neutral-cloud modeling, we showed alternating longitudinal sectors ("fingers") of inflow and outflow. Their development confirms the retarding effect of the Coriolis force as elucidated by Vasyliunas (1994) and Pontius (1997). In their further development, the inflowing fingers become much narrower in longitude than the outflowing ones, which may explain a previously unexplained feature of the Cassini CAPS plasma observations (Chen and Hill, 2008). We will compare the simulation results with recent observational results related to total plasma mass content and outflow rate.
Hill Thomas W.
Liu Xiandong
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