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Roussos E, Kollmann P, Krupp N, Kotova A, Regoli L, Paranicas C, Mitchell DG, Krimigis SM, Hamilton D, Brandt P, Carbary J, Christon S, Dialynas K, Dandouras I, Hill ME, Ip WH, Jones GH, Livi S, Mauk BH, Palmaerts B, Roelof EC, Rymer A, Sergis N, Smith HT. A radiation belt of energetic protons located between Saturn and its rings. Science 2018; 362:362/6410/eaat1962. [DOI: 10.1126/science.aat1962] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2018] [Accepted: 09/05/2018] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
Abstract
Saturn has a sufficiently strong dipole magnetic field to trap high-energy charged particles and form radiation belts, which have been observed outside its rings. Whether stable radiation belts exist near the planet and inward of the rings was previously unknown. The Cassini spacecraft’s Magnetosphere Imaging Instrument obtained measurements of a radiation belt that lies just above Saturn’s dense atmosphere and is decoupled from the rest of the magnetosphere by the planet’s A- to C-rings. The belt extends across the D-ring and comprises protons produced through cosmic ray albedo neutron decay and multiple charge-exchange reactions. These protons are lost to atmospheric neutrals and D-ring dust. Strong proton depletions that map onto features on the D-ring indicate a highly structured and diverse dust environment near Saturn.
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Kellett S, Arridge CS, Bunce EJ, Coates AJ, Cowley SWH, Dougherty MK, Persoon AM, Sergis N, Wilson RJ. Saturn's ring current: Local time dependence and temporal variability. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011. [DOI: 10.1029/2010ja016216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- S. Kellett
- 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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- 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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- Department of Physics and Astronomy; University of Leicester; Leicester UK
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- Space and Atmospheric Physics Group; Imperial College London; London UK
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy; University of Iowa; Iowa City Iowa USA
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- Office for Space Research and Technology; Academy of Athens; Athens Greece
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- Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics; University of Colorado at Boulder; Boulder Colorado USA
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Grodent D, Radioti A, Bonfond B, Gérard JC. On the origin of Saturn's outer auroral emission. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010. [DOI: 10.1029/2009ja014901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Denis Grodent
- LPAP, Institut d'Astrophysique et de Géophysique; Université de Liège; Liège Belgium
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- LPAP, Institut d'Astrophysique et de Géophysique; Université de Liège; Liège Belgium
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- LPAP, Institut d'Astrophysique et de Géophysique; Université de Liège; Liège Belgium
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- LPAP, Institut d'Astrophysique et de Géophysique; Université de Liège; Liège Belgium
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Wang Z, Gurnett DA, Fischer G, Ye SY, Kurth WS, Mitchell DG, Leisner JS, Russell CT. Cassini observations of narrowband radio emissions in Saturn's magnetosphere. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010. [DOI: 10.1029/2009ja014847] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Z. Wang
- Department of Physics and Astronomy; University of Iowa; Iowa City Iowa USA
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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 Iowa; Iowa City Iowa USA
- Space Research Institute; Austrian Academy of Sciences; Graz Austria
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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 Iowa; Iowa City Iowa USA
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- Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory; Laurel Maryland USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy; University of Iowa; Iowa City Iowa USA
- Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics; University of California; Los Angeles California USA
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- Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics; University of California; Los Angeles California USA
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Carbary JF, Mitchell DG, Krimigis SM, Gurnett DA, Kurth WS. Phase relations between energetic neutral atom intensities and kilometric radio emissions at Saturn. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010. [DOI: 10.1029/2009ja014519] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- J. F. Carbary
- Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory; Laurel Maryland USA
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- Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory; Laurel Maryland USA
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- Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory; Laurel Maryland USA
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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 Iowa; Iowa City Iowa USA
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Kellett S, Bunce EJ, Coates AJ, Cowley SWH. Thickness of Saturn's ring current determined from north-south Cassini passes through the current layer. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009. [DOI: 10.1029/2008ja013942] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- S. Kellett
- 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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- Mullard Space Science Laboratory; University College London; Dorking UK
- Centre for Planetary Sciences; University College London; London UK
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy; University of Leicester; Leicester UK
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