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Electron temperatures in Saturn's plasma disc
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- Gustafsson, Georg (author)
- Uppsala universitet,Institutet för rymdfysik, Uppsalaavdelningen
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- Wahlund, Jan-Erik (author)
- Uppsala universitet,Institutet för rymdfysik, Uppsalaavdelningen
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- Elsevier BV, 2010
- 2010
- English.
- In: Planetary and Space Science. - : Elsevier BV. - 0032-0633 .- 1873-5088. ; 58:7-8, s. 1018-1025
- Journal article (peer-reviewed)
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- We present new results concerning electron temperature (T-e) mapping in the inner magnetosphere of Saturn ( < 7 R-s). The data are obtained by the Langmuir Probe (LP) instrument of the Radio and Plasma Wave Science (RPWS) investigation on board Cassini. The study is based on the fourteen first orbits around Saturn, and focus is on cold ( < 10 eV) and dense ( > 5 cm(-3)) electron populations in the inner plasma torus (plasma disc). Apart from a general increase with distance from Saturn and away from the equatorial plane (latitude), we identify a possibly anisotropic electron temperature in the plasma disc, as well as the presence of photoelectrons from the spacecraft or E-ring dust particles. A polytropic index of gamma approximate to +0.4 is determined from the observations, which can be used in theoretical models of the plasma disc. We also infer local variations in T-e near the equatorial plane, where the E-ring of dusty plasma and enhancements of water rich neutral gas exist, and determine constraints on the energy source required to heat the electrons in the plasma disc. We suggest that Joule heating or heating by low-frequency plasma waves as well as cooling by neutral gas and E-ring dust are involved in the energy balance, together with Coulomb collision heating by co-rotating ions.
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- NATURVETENSKAP -- Fysik -- Astronomi, astrofysik och kosmologi (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Physical Sciences -- Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology (hsv//eng)
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- Saturn magnetosphere
- Electron temperature
- Plasma disc
- E-ring
- Cassini
- Plasma physics
- Astronomy and astrophysics
- Astronomi och astrofysik
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