eprintid: 1452135
rev_number: 39
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datestamp: 2014-10-20 20:07:30
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creators_name: Nordheim, TA
creators_name: Jones, GH
creators_name: Roussos, E
creators_name: Leisner, JS
creators_name: Coates, AJ
creators_name: Kurth, WS
creators_name: Khurana, KK
creators_name: Krupp, N
creators_name: Dougherty, MK
creators_name: Waite, JH
title: Detection of a strongly negative surface potential at Saturn's moon Hyperion
ispublished: pub
divisions: UCL
divisions: B04
divisions: C06
divisions: F63
keywords: Saturn's moons, surface charging, Cassini, Hyperion
note: ©2014. The Authors.
This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
abstract: On 26 September 2005, Cassini conducted its only close targeted flyby of Saturn's small, irregularly shaped moon Hyperion. Approximately 6 min before the closest approach, the electron spectrometer (ELS), part of the Cassini Plasma Spectrometer (CAPS) detected a field-aligned electron population originating from the direction of the moon's surface. Plasma wave activity detected by the Radio and Plasma Wave instrument suggests electron beam activity. A dropout in energetic electrons was observed by both CAPS-ELS and the Magnetospheric Imaging Instrument Low-Energy Magnetospheric Measurement System, indicating that the moon and the spacecraft were magnetically connected when the field-aligned electron population was observed. We show that this constitutes a remote detection of a strongly negative (~ −200 V) surface potential on Hyperion, consistent with the predicted surface potential in regions near the solar terminator.
date: 2014-10-28
official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2014GL061127
vfaculties: VMPS
oa_status: green
full_text_type: pub
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
verified: verified_manual
elements_source: WoS-Lite
elements_id: 986127
doi: 10.1002/2014GL061127
lyricists_name: Coates, Andrew
lyricists_name: Jones, Geraint
lyricists_id: AJCOA20
lyricists_id: GHJON25
full_text_status: public
publication: GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
volume: 41
number: 20
pagerange: 7011 - 7018
issn: 0094-8276
citation:        Nordheim, TA;    Jones, GH;    Roussos, E;    Leisner, JS;    Coates, AJ;    Kurth, WS;    Khurana, KK;             ... Waite, JH; + view all <#>        Nordheim, TA;  Jones, GH;  Roussos, E;  Leisner, JS;  Coates, AJ;  Kurth, WS;  Khurana, KK;  Krupp, N;  Dougherty, MK;  Waite, JH;   - view fewer <#>    (2014)    Detection of a strongly negative surface potential at Saturn's moon Hyperion.                   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS , 41  (20)   7011 - 7018.    10.1002/2014GL061127 <https://doi.org/10.1002/2014GL061127>.       Green open access   
 
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