Saturn's magnetospheric interaction with Titan as defined by Cassini encounters T9 and T18: New results

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 327-350

  Sittler Jr , E C ^a   Hartle, R E ^a   Johnson, R E ^b   Cooper, J F ^a   Lipatov, A S ^a,c   Bertucci, C ^d   Coates, A J ^e   Szego, K ^f   Shappirio, M ^a   Simpson, D G ^a   Wahlund, J E ^g  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO DE ASTRONOMÍA Y FÍSICA DEL ESPACIO   (Argentina)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f WIGNER RESEARCH CENTRE FOR PHYSICS   (Hungary)

^g SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ion composition; Magnetic fields; Magnetodisc; Plasma; Saturn's magnetosphere; Titan

Indexed keywords

CASSINI; CASSINI MAGNETOMETER; CASSINI PLASMA SPECTROMETER; ENERGY INPUTS; EXTERNAL PRESSURES; FIELD LINES; HIGH ENERGY; HYBRID SIMULATION; IN-BETWEEN; ION COMPOSITION; ION FLUXES; LIGHT IONS; LIMITING CASE; MAGNETODISC; MAGNETOSPHERIC PLASMAS; MATRIX; NEW RESULTS; OUT-FLOWS; PICK-UP IONS; TITAN'S ATMOSPHERE; TOP-SIDE IONOSPHERE; UPSTREAM FLOW;

ATMOSPHERICS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; HEAVY IONS; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PLASMAS;

MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 74249092029     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2009.09.017     Document Type: Article

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