Fine jet structure of electrically charged grains in Enceladus' plume

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 16, 2009, Pages

  Jones, G H ^a,b   Arridge, C S ^a,b   Coates, A J ^a,b   Lewis, G R ^a,b   Kanani, S ^a,b   Wellbrock, A ^a,b   Young, D T ^d   Crary, F J ^d   Tokar, R L ^k   Wilson, R J ^k   Hill, T W ^f   Johnson, R E ^h   Mitchell, D G ⁱ   Schmidt, J ^j   Kempf, S ^c   Beckmann, U ^c   Russell, C T ^g   Jia, Y D ^g   Dougherty, M K ^e   Waite Jr , J H ^d   Magee, B A ^d   more..

^a Centre for Planetary Sciences University College London   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

^d SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h University of Virginia   (United States)

ⁱ JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^k LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; MAGNETOSPHERE;

ACTIVE REGIONS; CASSINI ORBITER; CASSINI PLASMA SPECTROMETER; CONTACT ELECTRIFICATION; ENCELADUS; GASEOUS SPECIES; HIGH VELOCITY; JET STRUCTURE; MASS GAP; NANO-METER SCALE; NANOMETER PARTICLES; SATURN'S MOONS; SOUTHERN LATITUDES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TRIBOELECTRIC CHARGING;

JETS;

ELECTRIC FIELD; ENCELADUS; MAGNETOSPHERE; MOON; PLUME; SATURN; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECTROMETER;

EID: 71949092976     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL038284     Document Type: Article

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