Energetic electrons injected into Saturn's neutral gas cloud

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Paranicas, Chris ^a   Mitchell, D G ^a   Roelof, E C ^a   Mauk, B H ^a   Krimigis, S M ^a   Brandt, P C ^a   Kusterer, M ^a   Turner, F S ^a   Vandegriff, J ^a   Krupp, N ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONS; MAGNETOSPHERE; MORPHOLOGY; PLASMAS; SPECTROGRAPHS;

GAS JET; SATURN'S NEUTRAL GAS CLOUD;

PLANETARY SURFACE ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERIC GAS; ELECTRON DENSITY; ENERGY FLUX; MAGNETOSPHERE; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; PLASMA; SATURN; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE;

EID: 34548039974     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL028676     Document Type: Article

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