On ion outflows from Titan's exosphere

W. T. Chiu; H. C. Hsu; A. Kopp; W. H. Ip

doi:10.1029/2000GL012852

On ion outflows from Titan's exosphere

W. T. Chiu, H. C. Hsu, A. Kopp, W. H. Ip

Graduate Institute of Astronomy

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A comprehensive chemical model is applied to Titan's ionosphere in combination with a three dimensional magnetohydrodynamic model of the plasma flow in Titan's vicinity. The calculation shows that in the wake region the ionospheric plasma should concentrate in a thin sheet of a vertical thickness of 0.1-0.2 Titan radius. The major ions are C₂H⁺₅, H₂CN⁺ and CH₅⁺. These carbon- and nitrogen-based molecular ions can be used as a tracer of the magnetospheric dynamical processes.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3405-3408
Number of pages	4
Journal	Geophysical Research Letters
Volume	28
Issue number	17
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1029/2000GL012852
State	Published - 1 Sep 2001

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