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Chiu et al. 2001

Chiu, W., Hsu, H., Kopp, A. and Ip, W. (2001). On ion outflows from Titan's exosphere. Geophysical Research Letters 28: doi: 10.1029/2000GL012852. issn: 0094-8276.

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 C2H5+, H2CN+ and CH5+. These carbon- and nitrogen-based molecular ions can be used as a tracer of the magnetospheric dynamical processes. ¿ 2001 American Geophysical Union

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Keywords
Magnetospheric Physics, Magnetosphere interactions with satellites and rings, Planetology, Fluid Planets, Atmospheres—composition and chemistry, Planetology, Solar System Objects, Saturnian satellites

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Geophysical Research Letters
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