Ionization processes in the atmosphere of Titan: (Research Note): III. Ionization by high- Z nuclei cosmic rays

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 529, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Gronoff, G ^a   Mertens, C ^a   Lilensten, J ^b   Desorgher, L ^c,d   Fluckiger E ^c   Velinov, P ^e  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b LABORATOIRE D ASTROPHYSIQUE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d SpaceIT GmbH ^*  (Switzerland)

^e BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Atmospheric effects; Methods: numerical; Planets and satellites: atmospheres; Planets and satellites: individual: Titan

Indexed keywords

COSMOLOGY; IONIZATION; IONS; MAGNETOSPHERE; NUMERICAL METHODS; PLANETS; SATELLITES; SOLAR ENERGY;

ATMOSPHERIC EFFECTS; CASSINI-HUYGENS MISSION; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; IONIZING PARTICLES; METHODS: NUMERICALS; PARTICLE PRECIPITATION; PLANETS AND SATELLITES: ATMOSPHERES; PLANETS AND SATELLITES: INDIVIDUAL: TITAN;

COSMIC RAYS;

EID: 79955425972     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201015675     Document Type: Article

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