Conference proceeding
Saturn Kilometric Radiation near a source center on day 73, 2008
Planetary Radio Emissions, Vol.VII, pp.87-95
Planetary Radio Emissions VII, Proceedings of the 7th International Workshop
2011
DOI: 10.1553/PRE7s87
Abstract
The Cassini spacecraft flew very near a source region of Saturn kilometric radiation (SKR) on day 073 of 2008. This is the second known encounter with a source region at high latitude. The radio and plasma wave instrument, RPWS, observed intense SKR in the extraordinary (X) mode. The electron low-energy spectrometer (ELS) obtained a phase space distribution of sufficient energy and pitch angle resolution to allow growth rate calculations for the observed wave emissions. There is evidence of a shell or horseshoe electron plasma distribution that is unstable to the growth of SKR via the cyclotron maser instability. We present results of these calculations for comparison with a previously reported source region encounter.
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- Title: Subtitle
- Saturn Kilometric Radiation near a source center on day 73, 2008
- Creators
- J. MeniettiR. L. MutelPatricia SchippersSheng-Yi YeOndrej SantolýkWilliam S. KurthDonald A. GurnettLaurent Lamy - Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysiqueBaptiste Cecconi - Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique
- Resource Type
- Conference proceeding
- Publication Details
- Planetary Radio Emissions, Vol.VII, pp.87-95
- Conference
- Planetary Radio Emissions VII, Proceedings of the 7th International Workshop
- DOI
- 10.1553/PRE7s87
- Publisher
- Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2011
- Academic Unit
- Physics and Astronomy
- Record Identifier
- 9984455465002771
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