The charging of planetary rings

Space Science Reviews

Volumn 137, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 435-453

  Graps, A L ^a,b   Jones, G H ^c   Juhasz A ^d   Horanyi M ^e   Havnes, O ^f  

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d WIGNER RESEARCH CENTRE FOR PHYSICS   (Hungary)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Charged dust; Dust in plasma; Dusty plasma; Electrostatic braking; Jupiter's rings; Mach cones; Photoelectron emission; Plasma; Saturn's E ring; Saturn's rings; Saturn's spokes; Secondary electron emission

Indexed keywords

SATELLITES;

CHARGED DUST; CHARGING CURRENTS; CHARGING EFFECTS; CHARGING PROCESSES; COLLECTIVE EFFECTS; DUST-IN-PLASMA; DUSTY PLASMA; ELECTROSTATIC BRAKING; JUPITER'S RINGS; MACH CONES; PHOTOELECTRON EMISSION; PLANETARY RINGS; PLASMA; PLASMA CONDITIONS; SATURN'S E RING; SATURN'S RINGS; SATURN'S SPOKES; SECONDARY ELECTRON EMISSION; TIME-VARYING;

PLANETS;

EID: 49749135135     PISSN: 00386308     EISSN: 15729672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11214-008-9406-4     Document Type: Article

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