Energetic ion acceleration in Saturn's magnetotail: Substorms at Saturn?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 20, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Mitchell, Donald G ^a   Brandt, P C ^a   Roelof, E C ^a   Dandouras, J ^b   Krimigis, S M ^a   Mauk, B H ^a   Paranicas, C P ^a   Krupp, N ^c   Hamilton, D C ^d   Kurth, William S ^e   Zarka, Philippe ^f   Dougherty, M K ^g   Bunce, Emma J ^h   Shemansky, D E ⁱ  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IRAP   (France)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^f OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^g IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ University of Southern California Los Angeles ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; MAGNETOSPHERE; OPTICAL SENSORS; PLANETS; REMOTE SENSING; SOLAR RADIATION; STORMS; WIND;

ENERGETIC ION ACCELERATION; MAGNETOTAIL; SATURN; SOLAR WIND; SUBSTORM ACTIVITY;

EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES;

SATURN;

EID: 28944445305     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL022647     Document Type: Article

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