HR: 0800h
AN: P51A-1404    [Abstracts]
TI: Preliminary Results on Saturn's Inner Plasma Sheet as Observed by Cassini: Comparison with Voyager
AU: * Sittler, E C
EM: edward.c.sittler@nasa.gov
AF: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 692 Greenbelt Road, Greenbelt, MD 20771 United States
AU: Johnson, R E
EM: rej@virginia.edu
AF: University of Virginia, Engineering Physics, Thornton Hall, Charlottesville, VA 22904 United States
AU: Smith, H T
EM: hts4f@cms.mail.virginia.edu
AF: University of Virginia, Engineering Physics, Thornton Hall, Charlottesville, VA 22904 United States
AU: Chornay, D
EM: dennis.chornay@gsfc.nasa.gov
AF: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 692 Greenbelt Road, Greenbelt, MD 20771 United States
AU: Shappirio, M D
EM: Mark.D.Shappirio@nasa.gov
AF: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 692 Greenbelt Road, Greenbelt, MD 20771 United States
AU: Simpson, D G
EM: David.G.Simpson@nasa.gov
AF: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 692 Greenbelt Road, Greenbelt, MD 20771 United States
AU: Coates, A J
EM: ajc@mssl.ucl.ac.uk
AF: Mullard Space Flight Center, Holmbury St. Mary, Dorking, Surrey, RH5 6NT United Kingdom
AU: Rymer, A M
EM: amr@mssl.ucl.ac.uk
AF: Mullard Space Flight Center, Holmbury St. Mary, Dorking, Surrey, RH5 6NT United Kingdom
AU: Crary, F
EM: fcrary@swri.edu
AF: Southwest Research Institute, 6220 Culbera Road, San Antonio, TX 78228-0510 United States
AU: McComas, D J
EM: dmccomas@swri.edu
AF: Southwest Research Institute, 6220 Culbera Road, San Antonio, TX 78228-0510 United States
AU: Young, D T
EM: dyoung@swri.edu
AF: Southwest Research Institute, 6220 Culbera Road, San Antonio, TX 78228-0510 United States
AU: Thomsen, M F
EM: mthomsen@lanl.gov
AF: Los Alamos National Laboratory, Space and Atmospheric Science Group, MS D-466, Los Alamos, NM 87545 United States
AU: Reisenfeld, D
AF: University of Montana, Department of Physics and Astronomy, 32 Campus Dr. , Missoula, MT 59812 United States
AU: Hill, T W
EM: hill@rice.edu
AF: Rice University, Physics and Astronomy, MS 108, Houston, TX 77251-1892 United States
AU: Dougherty, M K
EM: m.dougherty@ic.ac.uk
AF: Imperial College, Space and Atmospheric Physics, London, SW7 2AZ United Kingdom
AU: Andre, N
EM: Nicolas.Andre@cesr.fr
AF: CESR, 9, avenue du Colonel Roche, Toulouse, 4346 31028 France
AU: Connerney, J E
EM: Jack.Connerney@gsfc.nasa.gov
AF: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 692 Greenbelt Road, Greenbelt, MD 20771 United States
AU: Richardson, J D
EM: jdr@space.mit.edu
AF: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Center for Space Research Room 37-655, Cambridge, MA 02139
AB: We will present preliminary results of our analysis of Saturn's inner plasma sheet as observed by the Cassini Plasma Spectrometer (CAPS) experiment during Cassini's initial entry into Saturn's magnetosphere and when the spacecraft was put into orbit around Saturn. For this initial analysis ion fluxes are divided into two sub-groups: protons and water group ions. Depending on the status of our preliminary analysis we will discuss the ion composition and details of the fluid parameters. These results will eventually allow us to solve the force balance equation along the magnetic field (ions and electrons) and predict the vertical distribution of the plasma along the magnetic field. Once this is done we will be in a position to make detailed comparisons with the Voyager results.
DE: 5719 Interactions with particles and fields
DE: 5759 Rings and dust
DE: 2730 Magnetosphere--inner
DE: 2732 Magnetosphere interactions with satellites and rings
DE: 2756 Planetary magnetospheres (5443, 5737, 6030)
SC: Planetary Sciences [P]
MN: 2004 AGU Fall Meeting