Changing electrical nature of Saturn's rings: Implications for spoke formation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2006, Pages

  Farrell, William M ^a   Desch, M D ^a   Kaiser, M L ^a   Kurth, W S ^b   Gurnett, D A ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; INTERPLANETARY SPACECRAFT; LIGHT EMISSION; PLANETS; PLASMA WAVES; RADIO WAVES;

BIPOLAR CONFIGURATION; POLARITY; RING OPENING ANGLE; SATURN RING; UNIPOLAR CONFIGURATION;

ASTROPHYSICS;

ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRON DENSITY; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; SATURN;

EID: 33646847185     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL024922     Document Type: Article

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