Discovery of a transient radiation belt at Saturn

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 22, 2008, Pages

  Roussos, E ^a   Krupp, N ^a   Armstrong, T P ^b   Paranicas, C ^c   Mitchell, D G ^c   Krimigis, S M ^c,d   Jones, G H ^e,f   Dialynas, K ^g   Sergis, N ^d   Hamilton, D C ^h  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^b Fundamental Technologies LLC   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Greece)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^h Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT; IONS; NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS; ORBITS; PLANETS; RADIATION SHIELDING;

CASSINI SPACECRAFT; HIGH-ALTITUDE NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS; INNER RADIATION BELTS; INTERPLANETARY EVENTS; RADIAL TRANSPORT; SOLAR ERUPTION; TRANSIENT RADIATION; WIND INFLUENCES;

RADIATION BELTS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; IONIZATION; MAGNETIC FIELD; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; PLANETARY SATELLITE; SATURN; SOLAR ACTIVITY; SOLAR WIND; SPACECRAFT;

EID: 60149086997     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL035767     Document Type: Article

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