Triton: Topside ionosphere and nitrogen escape
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Triton: topside ionosphere and nitrogen escape.
The principal ion in the ionosphere of Triton is N+. Energetic electrons of magnetospheric origin are the primary source of ionization, with a smaller contribution due to photoionization. To explain the topside plasma scale height, we postulate that N+ ions escape from Triton. The loss rate is 3.4 x 10(7) cm-2 s-1 or 7.9 x 10(24) ions s-1. Dissociative recombination of N2+ produces neutral ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Geophysical Research Letters
سال: 1990
ISSN: 0094-8276
DOI: 10.1029/gl017i010p01717