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Auroral Beads at Saturn and the Driving Mechanism: Cassini Proximal Orbits

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作者Radioti,A.8; Yao,Zhonghua7,8; Grodent,Denis8; Palmaerts,B.8; Roussos,E.6; Dialynas,K.5; Mitchell,D.4; Pu,Z.3; Badman,S. V.2; Gérard,J.-C.8
刊名The Astrophysical Journal Letters
出版日期2019-10-30
卷号885期号:1
关键词Space plasmas Saturn Ultraviolet transient sources
ISSN号2041-8205
DOI10.3847/2041-8213/ab4e20
英文摘要Abstract During the Grand Finale Phase of Cassini, the Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrograph on board the spacecraft detected repeated detached small-scale auroral structures. We describe these structures as auroral beads, a term introduced in the terrestrial aurora. Those on DOY 232 2017 are observed to extend over a large range of local times, i.e., from 20 LT to 11 LT through midnight. We suggest that the auroral beads are related to plasma instabilities in the magnetosphere, which are often known to generate wavy auroral precipitations. Energetic neutral atom enhancements are observed simultaneously with auroral observations, which are indicative of a heated high pressure plasma region. During the same interval we observe conjugate periodic enhancements of energetic electrons, which are consistent with the hypothesis that a drifting interchange structure passed the spacecraft. Our study indicates that auroral bead structures are common phenomena at Earth and giant planets, which probably demonstrates the existence of similar fundamental magnetospheric processes at these planets.
语种英语
WOS记录号IOP:2041-8205-885-1-AB4E20
出版者The American Astronomical Society
源URL[http://ir.iggcas.ac.cn/handle/132A11/93873]  
专题地质与地球物理研究所_中国科学院地球与行星物理重点实验室
作者单位1.Science Department, Central Arizona College, Coolidge, AZ, USA
2.Department of Physics, Lancaster University, Bailrigg, Lancaster LA1 4YB, UK
3.School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
4.Applied Physics Laboratory, The Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, MD 20723, USA
5.Office of Space Research and Technology, Academy of Athens, Athens 10679, Greece
6.Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Goettingen, Germany
7.Key Laboratory of Earth and Planetary Physics, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
8.Laboratoire de Physique Atmosphérique et Planétaire, STAR Institute, Université de Liège, Liège, Belgium; zhonghua.yao@uliege.be
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Radioti,A.,Yao,Zhonghua,Grodent,Denis,et al. Auroral Beads at Saturn and the Driving Mechanism: Cassini Proximal Orbits[J]. The Astrophysical Journal Letters,2019,885(1).
APA Radioti,A..,Yao,Zhonghua.,Grodent,Denis.,Palmaerts,B..,Roussos,E..,...&Bonfond,B..(2019).Auroral Beads at Saturn and the Driving Mechanism: Cassini Proximal Orbits.The Astrophysical Journal Letters,885(1).
MLA Radioti,A.,et al."Auroral Beads at Saturn and the Driving Mechanism: Cassini Proximal Orbits".The Astrophysical Journal Letters 885.1(2019).

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