Analysis of a sequence of energetic ion and magnetic field events upstream from the Saturnian magnetosphere

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 57, Issue 14-15, 2009, Pages 1785-1794

  Krimigis, S M ^a,b   Sergis, N ^b   Dialynas, K ^b   Mitchell, D G ^a   Hamilton, D C ^c   Krupp, N ^d   Dougherty, M ^e   Sarris, E T ^f  

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

^b BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Greece)

^c Bldg 142   (United States)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Energetic particles; Magnetosphere; Saturn; Upstream events

Indexed keywords

BOW SHOCKS; CASSINI; CHARGE STATE; CURRENT MODELS; ENERGETIC ION; ENERGETIC PARTICLES; ENERGY RANGES; ENERGY SPECTRA; GEOMETRY FACTORS; HIGH SENSITIVITY; HYDROGEN IONS; ION AND NEUTRAL CAMERAS; ION COMPOSITION; ION CYCLOTRON WAVES; MAGNETIC FIELD CONFIGURATIONS; MAGNETOSPHERIC IMAGING INSTRUMENTS; OXYGEN IONS; PARTICLE CHARGE; PITCH ANGLE DISTRIBUTION; SATURNIAN MAGNETOSPHERE; SPECTRAL EVOLUTION; VOYAGER 1; WATER PRODUCTS; WAVE STRUCTURES;

ANISOTROPY; ATMOSPHERICS; CYCLOTRON RADIATION; ELECTRON BEAMS; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; HELIUM; HYDROGEN; INTERPLANETARY SPACECRAFT; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOSPHERE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OXYGEN; PLASMA SHOCK WAVES; RIVERS; SPACE OPTICS; SPACECRAFT INSTRUMENTS; SPECTROSCOPY;

IONS;

EID: 70449638598     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2009.02.013     Document Type: Article

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