Ion trajectories in Saturn's magnetosphere near Titan

Journal Title, Volume, Page:

Advances in Space Research Volume 26, Issue 10, Pages 1691–1695 Planetary Ionospheres and Magnetospheres

Year of Publication:

2000

Link:

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0273117700000752

Authors:

Adnan Salman

University of Kansas, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Lawrence, KS 66045, U.S.A.

Current Affiliation:

Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, An-Najah National University, Nablus, Palestine

[email protected]

Thomas E. Cravens

University of Kansas, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Lawrence, KS 66045, U.S.A.

S. A. Ledvina

University of Kansas, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Lawrence, KS 66045, U.S.A.

K. Kecskemety

KFKI Research Institute for Particle and Nuclear Physics, H-1525 Budapest, Hungary

Preferred Abstract (Original):

We numerically determine the trajectories of several ions in the vicinity of Titan using for the required electric and magnetic fields the output from a three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic model of Titan. These trajectories are analyzed to provide insight into the external plasma interaction with that satellite as well as to make predictions for the Cassini Orbiter particle experiments (Young et al., 1998).

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