HR: 1340h
AN: P43A-0965    [Abstracts]
TI: The Occurrence of Suprathermal C⁺¹ and N⁺¹ in Saturn's Magnetosphere in Relation to Saturn's Moons
AU: * Christon, S P
EM: spchriston@aol.com
AF: Space Research, Focused Analysis and Research, Columbia, MD 21044 United States
AU: Hamilton, D C
P43A-0965 AF: Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 United States
AU: Mitchell, D G
P43A-0965 AF: Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, MD 20723 United States
AU: Krimigis, S M
P43A-0965 AF: Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, MD 20723 United States
AB: We use the Charge-Energy-Mass Spectrometer CHEMS of the Cassini/MIMI experiment to investigate the spatial and temporal variation of suprathermal (3-220 keV/e) C⁺¹ and N⁺¹ in relation to the locations of Saturn's moons and their orbits during Cassini's initial passes through Saturn's magnetosphere. The ions C⁺¹ and N⁺¹, possible tracers of a Titan plasma source, are observed far less often than the dominant heavy ion O⁺¹ or the dominant light ion H⁺. We will discuss variations in the relative abundance of N⁺¹ and C⁺¹ compared to O⁺¹ and the conditions under which they occur.
DE: 2756 Planetary magnetospheres (5443, 5737, 6033)
DE: 5737 Magnetospheres (2756)
DE: 6280 Saturnian satellites
SC: Planetary Sciences [P]
MN: Fall Meeting 2005