Cassini detection of water-group pick-up ions in the Enceladus torus

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 14, 2008, Pages

  Tokar, R L ^a   Wilson, R J ^a   Johnson, R E ^b   Henderson, M G ^a   Thomsen, M F ^a   Cowee, M M ^a   Sittler, Jr ^c   Young, D T ^d   Crary, F J ^d   McAndrews, H J ^a   Smith, H T ^e  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTROLYSIS; PICKUPS; PLASMAS;

CASSINI; CASSINI PLASMA SPECTROMETER; CHARGE EXCHANGE COLLISIONS; DIRECT-DETECTION; ENCELADUS; HIGH-DENSITY; ION VELOCITIES; PICK-UP IONS; PRODUCED WATER; RADIAL DISTANCES; SOUTH POLE;

IONS;

DETECTION METHOD; ION; IONIZATION; PLASMA; SATURN; SPECTROMETER;

EID: 53749097765     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL034749     Document Type: Article

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