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Rymer et al. 2007
Rymer, A.M., Mauk, B.H., Hill, T.W., Paranicas, C., André, N., Sittler, E.C., Mitchell, D.G., Smith, H.T., Johnson, R.E., Coates, A.J., Young, D.T., Bolton, S.J., Thomsen, M.F. and Dougherty, M.K. (2007). Electron sources in Saturn's magnetosphere. Journal of Geophysical Research 112: doi: 10.1029/2006JA012017. issn: 0148-0227.

We investigate the sources of two different electron components in Saturn's inner magnetosphere (5 100 eV) is Saturn's middle or outer magnetosphere, perhaps transported to the inner magnetosphere by radial diffusion regulated by interchange-like injections. Hot electrons undergo heavy losses inside L ~ 6 and the distance to which the hot electron component penetrates into the neutral cloud is energy-dependent, with the coolest fraction of the hot plasma penetrating to the lowest L-shells. This can arise through energy-dependent radial transport during the interchange process and/or loss through the planetary loss cone.

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Planetary Sciences, Solar System Objects, Saturn, Magnetospheric Physics, Magnetosphere, inner, Magnetospheric Physics, Magnetospheric configuration and dynamics, Space Plasma Physics, Transport processes, Space Plasma Physics, Neutral particles
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Journal of Geophysical Research
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