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Amsif et al. 1997
Amsif, A., Dandouras, J. and Roelof, E.C. (1997). Modeling the production and the imaging of energetic neutral atoms from Titan's exosphere. Journal of Geophysical Research 102: doi: 10.1029/97JA01597. issn: 0148-0227.

Energetic neutral atoms (ENAs) are formed when singly charged magnetospheric ions undergo charge exchange with exospheric neutral atoms. The energy of the incident ions is almost entirely transferred to the charge exchange produced ENAs, which then propagate along nearly rectilinear ballistic trajectories. Thus the ENAs can be used like photons in order to form an image of the energetic ion distribution. The Cassini spacecraft will be equipped with INCA, a magnetospheric imaging energetic neutral atom camera [Mitchell et al., 1993>. In this context, we undertook the study of the energetic neutral atom production resulting from the interaction of Titan's exosphere with Saturn's magnetosphere. This necessitated the development of a model for the altitude density profile and composition of both the inner and the outer exosphere of Titan. We used the Chamberlain model for the inner exosphere (altitude 6000 km), molecular hydrogen is the dominant species, and we utilized a Chamberlain model to estimate the ENA intensities several Titan radii from the moon. The Titan exosphere is nearly as bright in ENA as the inner magnetosphere of Saturn, making it possible to image the exosphere out to at least 5 Titan radii, and even to resolve it when the spacecraft is several Saturn radii distant from the moon. Our results also show that the magnetospheric imaging technique via energetic neutral atom detection is a powerful diagnostic tool for the interaction of Saturn's magnetosphere with Titan and for the remote sensing of the composition profile of Titan's exosphere. Âż 1997 American Geophysical Union

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Planetology, Solid Surface Planets, Atmospheres—composition and chemistry, Planetology, Solid Surface Planets, Interactions with particles and fields, Planetology, Solid Surface Planets, Ionospheres, Planetology, Solid Surface Planets, Instruments and techniques
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Journal of Geophysical Research
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