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Smith AW, Jackman CM, Thomsen MF. Magnetic reconnection in Saturn's magnetotail: A comprehensive magnetic field survey. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH. SPACE PHYSICS 2016; 121:2984-3005. [PMID: 27867795 PMCID: PMC5111619 DOI: 10.1002/2015ja022005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2015] [Revised: 02/01/2016] [Accepted: 03/03/2016] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Reconnection within planetary magnetotails is responsible for locally energizing particles and changing the magnetic topology. Its role in terms of global magnetospheric dynamics can involve changing the mass and flux content of the magnetosphere. We have identified reconnection related events in spacecraft magnetometer data recorded during Cassini's exploration of Saturn's magnetotail. The events are identified from deflections in the north-south component of the magnetic field, significant above a background level. Data were selected to provide full tail coverage, encompassing the dawn and dusk flanks as well as the deepest midnight orbits. Overall 2094 reconnection related events were identified, with an average rate of 5.0 events per day. The majority of events occur in clusters (within 3 h of other events). We examine changes in this rate in terms of local time and latitude coverage, taking seasonal effects into account. The observed reconnection rate peaks postmidnight with more infrequent but steady loss seen on the dusk flank. We estimate the mass loss from the event catalog and find it to be insufficient to balance the input from the moon Enceladus. Several reasons for this discrepancy are discussed. The reconnection X line location appears to be highly variable, though a statistical separation between events tailward and planetward of the X line is observed at a radial distance of between 20 and 30RS downtail. The small sample size at dawn prevents comprehensive statistical comparison with the dusk flank observations in terms of flux closure.
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- A. W. Smith
- Department of Physics and AstronomyUniversity of SouthamptonSouthamptonUK
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- Department of Physics and AstronomyUniversity of SouthamptonSouthamptonUK
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Jackman CM, Thomsen MF, Mitchell DG, Sergis N, Arridge CS, Felici M, Badman SV, Paranicas C, Jia X, Hospodarksy GB, Andriopoulou M, Khurana KK, Smith AW, Dougherty MK. Field dipolarization in Saturn's magnetotail with planetward ion flows and energetic particle flow bursts: Evidence of quasi-steady reconnection. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH. SPACE PHYSICS 2015; 120:3603-3617. [PMID: 27570722 PMCID: PMC4981121 DOI: 10.1002/2015ja020995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2015] [Revised: 04/01/2015] [Accepted: 04/01/2015] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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We present a case study of an event from 20 August (day 232) of 2006, when the Cassini spacecraft was sampling the region near 32 RS and 22 h LT in Saturn's magnetotail. Cassini observed a strong northward-to-southward turning of the magnetic field, which is interpreted as the signature of dipolarization of the field as seen by the spacecraft planetward of the reconnection X line. This event was accompanied by very rapid (up to ~1500 km s-1) thermal plasma flow toward the planet. At energies above 28 keV, energetic hydrogen and oxygen ion flow bursts were observed to stream planetward from a reconnection site downtail of the spacecraft. Meanwhile, a strong field-aligned beam of energetic hydrogen was also observed to stream tailward, likely from an ionospheric source. Saturn kilometric radiation emissions were stimulated shortly after the observation of the dipolarization. We discuss the field, plasma, energetic particle, and radio observations in the context of the impact this reconnection event had on global magnetospheric dynamics.
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- C. M. Jackman
- School of Physics and AstronomyUniversity of SouthamptonSouthamptonUK
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- The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics LaboratoryLaurelMarylandUSA
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- Department of PhysicsLancaster UniversityBailriggUK
- Mullard Space Science LaboratoryUniversity College LondonSurreyUK
- The Centre for Planetary Sciences at UCL/BirkbeckLondonUK
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- Department of PhysicsLancaster UniversityBailriggUK
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- The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics LaboratoryLaurelMarylandUSA
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- Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space SciencesUniversity of MichiganAnn ArborMichiganUSA
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- Department of Physics and AstronomyUniversity of IowaIowa CityIowaUSA
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- Space Research InstituteAustrian Academy of SciencesGrazAustria
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- Institute of Geophysics and Planetary PhysicsUniversity of CaliforniaLos AngelesCaliforniaUSA
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- School of Physics and AstronomyUniversity of SouthamptonSouthamptonUK
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Nichols JD, Badman SV, Baines KH, Brown RH, Bunce EJ, Clarke JT, Cowley SWH, Crary FJ, Dougherty MK, Gérard JC, Grocott A, Grodent D, Kurth WS, Melin H, Mitchell DG, Pryor WR, Stallard TS. Dynamic auroral storms on Saturn as observed by the Hubble Space Telescope. GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS 2014; 41:3323-3330. [PMID: 26074636 PMCID: PMC4459195 DOI: 10.1002/2014gl060186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2014] [Accepted: 04/28/2014] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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We present observations of significant dynamics within two UV auroral storms observed on Saturn using the Hubble Space Telescope in April/May 2013. Specifically, we discuss bursts of auroral emission observed at the poleward boundary of a solar wind-induced auroral storm, propagating at ∼330% rigid corotation from near ∼01 h LT toward ∼08 h LT. We suggest that these are indicative of ongoing, bursty reconnection of lobe flux in the magnetotail, providing strong evidence that Saturn's auroral storms are caused by large-scale flux closure. We also discuss the later evolution of a similar storm and show that the emission maps to the trailing region of an energetic neutral atom enhancement. We thus identify the auroral form with the upward field-aligned continuity currents flowing into the associated partial ring current.
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- J D Nichols
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leicester Leicester, UK
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leicester Leicester, UK ; Department of Physics, Lancaster University Lancaster, UK
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- Space Science and Engineering Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Lunar and Planetary Lab, University of Arizona Tucson, Arizona, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leicester Leicester, UK
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- Center for Space Physics, Boston University Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leicester Leicester, UK
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- Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, Colorado, USA
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- Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London London, UK
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- Laboratoire de Physique Atmospherique et Planetaire, Universite de Liege Liege, Belgium
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leicester Leicester, UK ; Department of Physics, Lancaster University Lancaster, UK
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- Laboratoire de Physique Atmospherique et Planetaire, Universite de Liege Liege, Belgium
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leicester Leicester, UK
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- Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University Laurel, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Science, Central Arizona College Coolidge, Arizona, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leicester Leicester, UK
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Meredith CJ, Alexeev II, Badman SV, Belenkaya ES, Cowley SWH, Dougherty MK, Kalegaev VV, Lewis GR, Nichols JD. Saturn's dayside ultraviolet auroras: Evidence for morphological dependence on the direction of the upstream interplanetary magnetic field. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH. SPACE PHYSICS 2014; 119:1994-2008. [PMID: 26167441 PMCID: PMC4497471 DOI: 10.1002/2013ja019598] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2013] [Revised: 02/25/2014] [Accepted: 03/12/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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UNLABELLED We examine a unique data set from seven Hubble Space Telescope (HST) "visits" that imaged Saturn's northern dayside ultraviolet emissions exhibiting usual circumpolar "auroral oval" morphologies, during which Cassini measured the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) upstream of Saturn's bow shock over intervals of several hours. The auroras generally consist of a dawn arc extending toward noon centered near ∼15° colatitude, together with intermittent patchy forms at ∼10° colatitude and poleward thereof, located between noon and dusk. The dawn arc is a persistent feature, but exhibits variations in position, width, and intensity, which have no clear relationship with the concurrent IMF. However, the patchy postnoon auroras are found to relate to the (suitably lagged and averaged) IMF Bz , being present during all four visits with positive Bz and absent during all three visits with negative Bz . The most continuous such forms occur in the case of strongest positive Bz . These results suggest that the postnoon forms are associated with reconnection and open flux production at Saturn's magnetopause, related to the similarly interpreted bifurcated auroral arc structures previously observed in this local time sector in Cassini Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrograph data, whose details remain unresolved in these HST images. One of the intervals with negative IMF Bz however exhibits a prenoon patch of very high latitude emission extending poleward of the dawn arc to the magnetic/spin pole, suggestive of the occurrence of lobe reconnection. Overall, these data provide evidence of significant IMF dependence in the morphology of Saturn's dayside auroras. KEY POINTS We examine seven cases of joint HST Saturn auroral images and Cassini IMF dataThe persistent but variable dawn arc shows no obvious IMF dependencePatchy postnoon auroras are present for northward IMF but not for southward IMF.
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- C J Meredith
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leicester Leicester, UK
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- Lomonosov Moscow State University, Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics Moscow, Russian Federation
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leicester Leicester, UK ; Department of Physics, University of Lancaster Lancaster, UK
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- Lomonosov Moscow State University, Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics Moscow, Russian Federation
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leicester Leicester, UK
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- Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London London, UK
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- Lomonosov Moscow State University, Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics Moscow, Russian Federation
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- Mullard Space Science Laboratory, University College London Dorking, UK
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leicester Leicester, UK
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Jia X, Hansen KC, Gombosi TI, Kivelson MG, Tóth G, DeZeeuw DL, Ridley AJ. Magnetospheric configuration and dynamics of Saturn's magnetosphere: A global MHD simulation. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.1029/2012ja017575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Badman SV, Achilleos N, Arridge CS, Baines KH, Brown RH, Bunce EJ, Coates AJ, Cowley SWH, Dougherty MK, Fujimoto M, Hospodarsky G, Kasahara S, Kimura T, Melin H, Mitchell DG, Stallard T, Tao C. Cassini observations of ion and electron beams at Saturn and their relationship to infrared auroral arcs. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.1029/2011ja017222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Radioti A, Grodent D, Gérard JC, Milan SE, Bonfond B, Gustin J, Pryor W. Bifurcations of the main auroral ring at Saturn: ionospheric signatures of consecutive reconnection events at the magnetopause. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011. [DOI: 10.1029/2011ja016661] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- A. Radioti
- Laboratoire de Physique Atmosphérique et Planétaire, Institut d'Astrophysique et de Géophysique; Université de Liège; Liège Belgium
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- Laboratoire de Physique Atmosphérique et Planétaire, Institut d'Astrophysique et de Géophysique; Université de Liège; Liège Belgium
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- Laboratoire de Physique Atmosphérique et Planétaire, Institut d'Astrophysique et de Géophysique; Université de Liège; Liège Belgium
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy; University of Leicester; Leicester U. K
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- Laboratoire de Physique Atmosphérique et Planétaire, Institut d'Astrophysique et de Géophysique; Université de Liège; Liège Belgium
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- Laboratoire de Physique Atmosphérique et Planétaire, Institut d'Astrophysique et de Géophysique; Université de Liège; Liège Belgium
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- Science Department; Central Arizona College; Coolidge Arizona USA
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Delamere PA, Wilson RJ, Masters A. Kelvin-Helmholtz instability at Saturn's magnetopause: Hybrid simulations. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011. [DOI: 10.1029/2011ja016724] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- P. A. Delamere
- Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics; University of Colorado; Boulder Colorado USA
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- Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics; University of Colorado; Boulder Colorado USA
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- Mullard Space Science Laboratory, Department of Space and Climate Physics; University College London; Holmbury St. Mary UK
- Centre for Planetary Sciences at UCL/Birkbeck; London UK
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Jackman CM, Slavin JA, Cowley SWH. Cassini observations of plasmoid structure and dynamics: Implications for the role of magnetic reconnection in magnetospheric circulation at Saturn. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011. [DOI: 10.1029/2011ja016682] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- C. M. Jackman
- Department of Physics and Astronomy; University College London; London UK
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; Greenbelt Maryland USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy; University of Leicester; Leicester UK
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Jackman CM, Arridge CS, Slavin JA, Milan SE, Lamy L, Dougherty MK, Coates AJ. In situ observations of the effect of a solar wind compression on Saturn's magnetotail. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010. [DOI: 10.1029/2010ja015312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- C. M. Jackman
- Blackett Laboratory; Imperial College London; London UK
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- Mullard Space Science Laboratory, Department of Space and Climate Physics; University College London; Dorking UK
- The Centre for Planetary Sciences at UCL/Birkbeck; London UK
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- Heliophysics Science Division; NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; Greenbelt Maryland USA
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- Radio and Space Plasma Physics Group; University of Leicester; Leicester UK
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- Blackett Laboratory; Imperial College London; London UK
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- Mullard Space Science Laboratory, Department of Space and Climate Physics; University College London; Dorking UK
- The Centre for Planetary Sciences at UCL/Birkbeck; London UK
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Grocott A, Badman SV, Cowley SWH, Milan SE, Nichols JD, Yeoman TK. Magnetosonic Mach number dependence of the efficiency of reconnection between planetary and interplanetary magnetic fields. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009. [DOI: 10.1029/2009ja014330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- A. Grocott
- Department of Physics and Astronomy; University of Leicester; Leicester UK
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy; University of Leicester; Leicester UK
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy; University of Leicester; Leicester UK
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy; University of Leicester; Leicester UK
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy; University of Leicester; Leicester UK
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy; University of Leicester; Leicester UK
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Clarke JT, Nichols J, Gérard JC, Grodent D, Hansen KC, Kurth W, Gladstone GR, Duval J, Wannawichian S, Bunce E, Cowley SWH, Crary F, Dougherty M, Lamy L, Mitchell D, Pryor W, Retherford K, Stallard T, Zieger B, Zarka P, Cecconi B. Response of Jupiter's and Saturn's auroral activity to the solar wind. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009. [DOI: 10.1029/2008ja013694] [Citation(s) in RCA: 141] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- J. T. Clarke
- Center for Space Physics; Boston University; Boston Massachusetts USA
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- Center for Space Physics; Boston University; Boston Massachusetts USA
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- LPAP; Université de Liège; Liege Belgium
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- AOSS Department; University of Michigan; Ann Arbor Michigan USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy; University of Iowa; Iowa City Iowa USA
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- Center for Space Physics; Boston University; Boston Massachusetts USA
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- Center for Space Physics; Boston University; Boston Massachusetts USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy; University of Leicester; Leicester UK
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy; University of Leicester; Leicester UK
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- Southwest Research Institute; San Antonio Texas USA
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- Blackett Laboratory; Imperial College; London UK
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- LESIA, Observatoire de Paris; UPMC, CNRS, Université Paris Diderot; Meudon France
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- Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory; Laurel Maryland USA
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- Department of Science; Central Arizona College; Coolidge Arizona USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy; University of Leicester; Leicester UK
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- AOSS Department; University of Michigan; Ann Arbor Michigan USA
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- LESIA, Observatoire de Paris; UPMC, CNRS, Université Paris Diderot; Meudon France
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- LESIA, Observatoire de Paris; UPMC, CNRS, Université Paris Diderot; Meudon France
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Jackman CM, Arridge CS, Krupp N, Bunce EJ, Mitchell DG, McAndrews HJ, Dougherty MK, Russell CT, Achilleos N, Jones GH, Coates AJ. A multi-instrument view of tail reconnection at Saturn. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008. [DOI: 10.1029/2008ja013592] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- C. M. Jackman
- Space and Atmospheric Physics Group; Imperial College London; London UK
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- Mullard Space Science Laboratory; University College London; Surrey UK
- Centre for Planetary Sciences; University College London; London UK
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- Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research; Katlenburg-Lindau Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy; University of Leicester; Leicester UK
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- Applied Physics Laboratory; Johns Hopkins University; Baltimore Maryland USA
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- Space and Atmospheric Physics Group; Imperial College London; London UK
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- Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics; University of California; Los Angeles California USA
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- Centre for Planetary Sciences; University College London; London UK
- Department of Physics and Astronomy; University College London; London UK
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- Mullard Space Science Laboratory; University College London; Surrey UK
- Centre for Planetary Sciences; University College London; London UK
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- Mullard Space Science Laboratory; University College London; Surrey UK
- Centre for Planetary Sciences; University College London; London UK
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Achilleos N, Arridge CS, Bertucci C, Jackman CM, Dougherty MK, Khurana KK, Russell CT. Large-scale dynamics of Saturn's magnetopause: Observations by Cassini. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008. [DOI: 10.1029/2008ja013265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- N. Achilleos
- Atmospheric Physics Laboratory, Center for Planetary Sciences; University College London; London UK
- Blackett Laboratory; Imperial College London; London UK
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- Blackett Laboratory; Imperial College London; London UK
- Mullard Space Science Laboratory, Center for Planetary Sciences; University College London, Holmbury St Mary; London UK
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- Blackett Laboratory; Imperial College London; London UK
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- Blackett Laboratory; Imperial College London; London UK
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- Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics; University of California-Los Angeles; Los Angeles California USA
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- Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics; University of California-Los Angeles; Los Angeles California USA
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Bunce EJ, Arridge CS, Clarke JT, Coates AJ, Cowley SWH, Dougherty MK, Gérard JC, Grodent D, Hansen KC, Nichols JD, Southwood DJ, Talboys DL. Origin of Saturn's aurora: Simultaneous observations by Cassini and the Hubble Space Telescope. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008. [DOI: 10.1029/2008ja013257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- E. J. Bunce
- Department of Physics and Astronomy; University of Leicester; Leicester UK
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- Mullard Space Science Laboratory; University College London; Dorking UK
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- Center for Space Physics; Boston University; Boston Massachusetts USA
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- Mullard Space Science Laboratory; University College London; Dorking UK
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy; University of Leicester; Leicester UK
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- Laboratoire de Physique Atmosphérique et Planétaire; Université de Liège; Liège Belgium
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- Laboratoire de Physique Atmosphérique et Planétaire; Université de Liège; Liège Belgium
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- Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Space Sciences; University of Michigan; Ann Arbor Michigan USA
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- Center for Space Physics; Boston University; Boston Massachusetts USA
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- Blackett Laboratory; Imperial College; London UK
- European Space Agency, HQ; Paris France
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy; University of Leicester; Leicester UK
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McAndrews HJ, Owen CJ, Thomsen MF, Lavraud B, Coates AJ, Dougherty MK, Young DT. Evidence for reconnection at Saturn's magnetopause. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008. [DOI: 10.1029/2007ja012581] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- H. J. McAndrews
- Los Alamos National Laboratory; Los Alamos New Mexico USA
- Mullard Space Science Laboratory; University College London; Surrey UK
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- Mullard Space Science Laboratory; University College London; Surrey UK
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory; Los Alamos New Mexico USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory; Los Alamos New Mexico USA
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- Mullard Space Science Laboratory; University College London; Surrey UK
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- Space and Atmospheric Physics Group; Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College; London UK
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- Division of Space Science and Engineering; Southwest Research Institute; San Antonio Texas USA
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Bunce EJ, Cowley SWH, Alexeev II, Arridge CS, Dougherty MK, Nichols JD, Russell CT. Cassini observations of the variation of Saturn's ring current parameters with system size. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007. [DOI: 10.1029/2007ja012275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- E. J. Bunce
- Department of Physics and Astronomy; University of Leicester; Leicester UK
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy; University of Leicester; Leicester UK
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- Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics; Lomonosov Moscow State University; Moscow Russia
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- Mullard Space Science Laboratory; University College London; Dorking UK
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- Space and Atmospheric Physics, Blackett Laboratory; Imperial College; London UK
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- Center for Space Physics; Boston University; Boston Massachusetts USA
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- Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics; University of California; Los Angeles California USA
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Milan SE, Provan G, Hubert B. Magnetic flux transport in the Dungey cycle: A survey of dayside and nightside reconnection rates. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007. [DOI: 10.1029/2006ja011642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 146] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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- S. E. Milan
- Department of Physics and Astronomy; University of Leicester; Leicester UK
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy; University of Leicester; Leicester UK
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- Laboratory of Planetary and Atmospheric Physics; University of Liege; Liege Belgium
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