Author/Authors :
Michael ، نويسنده , , M. and Johnson، نويسنده , , R.E. and LeBlanc، نويسنده , , F. and Liu، نويسنده , , M. and Luhmann، نويسنده , , J.G. and Shematovich، نويسنده , , V.I.، نويسنده ,
Abstract :
A 3-D Monte Carlo model is used to describe the ejection of N and N2 from Titan due to the interaction of Saturnʹs magnetospheric N+ ions and molecular pick-up ions with its N2 atmosphere. Based on estimates of the ion flux into Titanʹs corona, atmospheric sputtering is an important source of both atomic and molecular nitrogen for the neutral torus and plasma in Saturnʹs outer magnetosphere, a region now being studied by the Cassini spacecraft.
Keywords :
satellites of Saturn , Magnetospheres , Collisional physics , Titan
