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Modeling the Emission of Energetic Neutral Atoms at Titan
Modeling the Emission of Energetic Neutral Atoms at Titan
Modeling the Emission of Energetic Neutral Atoms at Titan

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자료유형  
 학위논문 서양
최종처리일시  
20260202105600
ISBN  
9798265402790
DDC  
500
저자명  
Tippens, Tyler Franklin.
서명/저자  
Modeling the Emission of Energetic Neutral Atoms at Titan
발행사항  
[Sl] : Georgia Institute of Technology, 2024
발행사항  
Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2024
형태사항  
261 p
주기사항  
Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 87-05, Section: B.
주기사항  
Advisor: Simon, Sven.
학위논문주기  
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Georgia Institute of Technology, 2024.
초록/해제  
요약Saturn's largest moon Titan orbits the planet at the outer edge of its magnetosphere. At such distances, the planet's dipolar intrinsic magnetic field is radially stretched into a flattened shape referred to as the magnetodisk. Saturn's magnetosphere is populated by several plasma species which mostly reside at the center of this magnetodisk, near the magnetic equator. As a result, the magnetodisk consists of three distinct regimes, characterized by the plasma density and magnetic field orientation: the current sheet in the equatorial region and the two lobes above and below it. Saturn's magnetodisk is highly dynamic, such that the ambient plasma conditions at Titan's orbit vary between these regimes on timescales ranging from years to tens of minutes. Since the moon's orbital period is larger than Saturn's rotational period, magnetospheric plasma that rotates with the planet's magnetic field continuously overtakes Titan. Ions from the moon's substantial ionosphere are picked up by this field and slow the flow of the impinging thermal plasma (energy E 10 keV), causing the electromagnetic fields to pile up and drape around Titan and forming a localized induced magnetosphere.Titan is also exposed to a population of energetic (E 10 keV) magnetospheric ions. Such ions trace out complex trajectories in the draped fields of the induced magnetosphere. Charge exchange between these energetic parent ions and Titan's neutral atmosphere generates energetic neutral atoms (ENAs). Newly neutralized ENAs no longer interact with the fields and travel away from the moon along straight paths. This allows for remote imaging of the moon's ENA production in a manner largely analogous to traditional photography. The Cassini spacecraft carried an ENA camera capable of this type of imaging, with which it took numerous "photos" of Titan's ENA signature across 126 close flybys.The present characterization of Titan's induced magnetosphere is largely based on plasma and magnetic field data collected in situ along the one-dimensional trajectory of Cassini during these flybys. It can be difficult to place such measurements within the context of the full three-dimensional interaction due to the variability of Saturn's magnetodisk: upstream plasma conditions may change drastically even over the course of a single encounter. ENA imaging, by contrast, constitutes two-dimensional remote sensing of ENA production within the detector's field of view (FOV). Cassini captured snapshots of Titan's entire interaction region simultaneously with its ENA camera, making these observations even more advantageous when ambient magnetospheric conditions change rapidly.However, it remains challenging to extract information from ENA observations. ENA images contain an admixture of information on the ambient energetic ion distribution, the electromagnetic environment in the vicinity of Titan, and the moon's exosphere. The finite viewing geometry of spacecraft detectors limits the portion of the ENA population which can be measured, adding a further challenge to the interpretation of their images. Finally, because the two-dimensional images are integrated, or "flattened," along the detector's lines of sight, it may be unclear whether captured ENAs originated near to or far from the spacecraft. A successful deconvolution of these contributions to the observable ENA emissions, which does not yet exist, would allow an ENA camera to effectively photograph the draped electromagnetic fields near Titan. Such photographs would provide a major scientific advantage over only sampling the moon's induced magnetosphere in situ. Understanding exactly how the energetic ion dynamics in Titan's electromagnetic environment shape ENA observations is key to deciphering the information embedded in ENA images taken by Cassini. Therefore, the goal of this dissertation is to identify the systematic effects of both ambient magnetospheric conditions and the draped electromagnetic fields inside of Titan's interaction region on ENA images of the moon.
일반주제명  
Plasma
일반주제명  
Remote sensing
일반주제명  
Hydrocarbons
일반주제명  
Electromagnetism
일반주제명  
Atmosphere
일반주제명  
Magnetic fields
일반주제명  
Orbits
일반주제명  
Methane
일반주제명  
Altitude
일반주제명  
Earth
일반주제명  
Ionosphere
일반주제명  
Geometry
일반주제명  
Atoms & subatomic particles
일반주제명  
Saturn
일반주제명  
Aeronomy
일반주제명  
Atmospheric sciences
일반주제명  
Atomic physics
일반주제명  
Electromagnetics
기타저자  
Georgia Institute of Technology.
기본자료저록  
Dissertations Abstracts International. 87-05B.
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