Is hydrodynamic escape from Titan possible?

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 79-84

  Schaufelberger, A ^a   Wurz, P ^a   Lammer, H ^b   Kulikov, Yu N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Austrian Academy of Sciences   (Austria)

^c POLAR GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Exosphere; Hydrodynamic escape; Titan

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ESCAPE; ATMOSPHERIC PARTICLES; COLLISION PROBABILITY; EFFICIENT ENERGY TRANSFER; ESCAPE VELOCITIES; EXOBASE; EXOSPHERE; FAST PARTICLE; HEAVY MOLECULES; HEAVY PARTICLES; HOMOGENEOUS MEDIUM; HYDRODYNAMIC ESCAPE; LIGHT MOLECULES; LIGHT PARTICLES; METHANE MOLECULES; MONTE CARLO CODES; PARTICLE SIMULATIONS; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; TITAN;

ATMOSPHERICS; ENERGY TRANSFER; METHANE; MOLECULES; NITROGEN; PROBABILITY; SLOW LIGHT; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

HYDRODYNAMICS;

EID: 83555169383     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2011.03.011     Document Type: Conference Paper

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