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Bell & Armstrong 1986
Bell, E.V. and Armstrong, T.P. (1986). Monte Carlo simulation of charged particle impact on the satellites of Jupiter and Saturn. Journal of Geophysical Research 91: doi: 10.1029/JA091iA02p01397. issn: 0148-0227.

Ensemble-averaged lifetimes of Jovian and Saturnian trapped particles against loss by impact on natural satellites are presented. Precise values of these loss rates can be obtained from the known geometry of the satellite orbits, magnetic fields, and particle trajectory. These loss rates are needed as an ingredient of transport theory which is usually formulated in terms of the first and second adiabatic invariants and radial distance. The effects of satellite orbital inclination and eccentricity, ion charge to mass ratio and energy, equatorial pitch, and distance from the planet on the particle lifetime are discussed utilizing a tilted, but not offset, dipolar field geometry resulting in lifetime values expressed as functions of the first two adiabatic invariants and the equatorial radial distance from the planet (&tgr;life(&mgr;, K, L)).

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