The Dynamics of Saturn's Main Aurorae
The Dynamics of Saturn's Main Aurorae
复制标题
土星主要极光的动态
DOI:
10.1029/2019gl084620
复制
发表时间:
2019
影响因子:
5.2
通讯作者:
Bader A
中科院分区:
文献类型:
--
作者:
Bader A
Saturn's main aurorae are thought to be generated by plasma flow shears associated with a gradient in angular plasma velocity in the outer magnetosphere. Dungey cycle convection across the polar cap, in combination with rotational flow, may maximize (minimize) this flow shear at dawn (dusk) under strong solar wind driving. Using imagery from Cassini's Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrograph, we surprisingly find no related asymmetry in auroral power but demonstrate that the previously observed “dawn arc” is a signature of quasiperiodic auroral plasma injections commencing near dawn, which seem to be transient signatures of magnetotail reconnection and not part of the static main aurorae. We conclude that direct Dungey cycle driving in Saturn's magnetosphere is small compared to internal driving under usual conditions. Saturn's large‐scale auroral dynamics hence seem predominantly controlled by internal plasma loading, with plasma release in the magnetotail being triggered both internally through planetary period oscillation effects and externally through solar wind compressions.
登录
查看更多内容
DOI:
--
发表时间:
2011
期刊:
影响因子:
--
作者:
D. Talboys;E. Bunce;S. Cowley;C. Arridge;A. Coates;M. Dougherty
通讯作者:
M. Dougherty
影响因子:
3.2
作者:
A. Radioti;D. Grodent;X. Jia;J. Gérard;B. Bonfond;W. Pryor;J. Gustin;D. Mitchell;C. Jackman
通讯作者:
A. Radioti;D. Grodent;X. Jia;J. Gérard;B. Bonfond;W. Pryor;J. Gustin;D. Mitchell;C. Jackman
DOI:
--
发表时间:
2015
期刊:
影响因子:
--
作者:
D. Mitchell;P. Brandt;J. Carbary;W. Kurth;S. Krimigis;C. Paranicas;N. Krupp;D. Hamilton;B. Mauk;G. Hospodarsky;M. Dougherty;W. Pryor
通讯作者:
W. Pryor
影响因子:
2.4
作者:
D. Mitchell;S. Krimigis;C. Paranicas;P. Brandt;J. Carbary;E. Roelof;W. Kurth;D. Gurnett;J. Clarke;J. Nichols;J. Gérard;D. Grodent;M. Dougherty;W. Pryor
通讯作者:
W. Pryor
DOI:
--
发表时间:
2004
期刊:
影响因子:
--
作者:
S. Cowley;E. Bunce;J. O'Rourke
通讯作者:
J. O'Rourke