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Richardson & Jurac 2004
Richardson, J.D. and Jurac, S. (2004). A self-consistent model of plasma and neutrals at Saturn: The ion tori. Geophysical Research Letters 31: doi: 10.1029/2004GL020959. issn: 0094-8276.

We self-consistently solve models for the plasma transport and chemistry and the neutral density. These models yield a plasma composition in Saturn's magnetosphere which is consistent with the high neutral densities known to be present. We find that the molecular ions OH+ and H2O+ make up over 80% of the ion density, with more H2O+ than OH+ inside 6 RS and equal amounts of OH+ and H2O+ outside 6 RS. These predictions will be directly tested by Cassini in the near future.

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Magnetospheric Physics, Magnetosphere—inner, Magnetospheric Physics, Magnetosphere interactions with satellites and rings, Magnetospheric Physics, Numerical modeling, Magnetospheric Physics, Planetary magnetospheres (5443, 5737, 6030)
Journal
Geophysical Research Letters
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