| Literature DB >> 15894529 |
J E Wahlund1, R Boström, G Gustafsson, D A Gurnett, W S Kurth, A Pedersen, T F Averkamp, G B Hospodarsky, A M Persoon, P Canu, F M Neubauer, M K Dougherty, A I Eriksson, M W Morooka, R Gill, M André, L Eliasson, I Müller-Wodarg.
Abstract
The Cassini Radio and Plasma Wave Science (RPWS) Langmuir probe (LP) sensor observed the cold plasma environment around Titan during the first two flybys. The data show that conditions in Saturn's magnetosphere affect the structure and dynamics deep in the ionosphere of Titan. The maximum measured ionospheric electron number density reached 3800 per cubic centimeter near closest approach, and a complex chemistry was indicated. The electron temperature profiles are consistent with electron heat conduction from the hotter Titan wake. The ionospheric escape flux was estimated to be 10(25) ions per second.Mesh：
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Year: 2005 PMID： 15894529 DOI： 10.1126/science.1109807
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Science ISSN： 0036-8075 Impact factor: 47.728