Heavy ion formation in Titan's ionosphere: Magnetospheric introduction of free oxygen and a source of Titan's aerosols?

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 57, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 1547-1557

  Sittler Jr , E C ^a   Ali, A ^a,b   Cooper, J F ^a   Hartle, R E ^a   Johnson, R E ^c   Coates, A J ^d   Young, D T ^e  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Astrobiology; Heavy negative ions; Oxygen; Saturn's magnetosphere; Titan

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC IONS; CARBON AND HYDROGENS; CARBON ATOMS; CASSINI; COSMIC RAY INTERACTIONS; CRYOVOLCANISM; ENCELADUS; ENERGY SOURCE; EXTERNAL ENERGY; FREE OXYGEN; FULLERENE MOLECULES; GALACTIC COSMIC RAYS; HAZE PARTICLES; HEAT SOURCES; HEAVY NEGATIVE IONS; HOLLOW SHELLS; HUYGENS PROBE; ICE GRAINS; IN-SITU; INTERPLANETARY MEDIUM; MAGNETOSHEATHS; MAGNETOSPHERIC IONS; MAGNETOSPHERIC PLASMAS; MOLECULAR NITROGEN; NEUTRAL CHEMISTRY; ORGANICS; OXYGEN IONS; SATURN'S MAGNETOSPHERE; SEED PARTICLE; SOLAR X-RAYS; THERMALIZATION; TITAN; TITAN'S ATMOSPHERE;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; ASTROBIOLOGY; ATMOSPHERICS; COSMIC RAY DETECTORS; COSMIC RAYS; COSMOLOGY; CYANIDES; FULLERENES; INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT; IONOSPHERE; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; MAGNETOSPHERE; METHANE; NEGATIVE IONS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OXYGEN; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SEED; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR SYSTEM; SOLAR WIND; SPACE PROBES; WIND POWER;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

EID: 70449523662     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2009.07.017     Document Type: Article

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