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DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ab1d59
WOS记录号: WOS:000470862100003
论文题名:
Estimates of the Atmospheric Escape Rates of CH4 from Titan
作者: Hsu, Jen-Kai1; Ip, Wing-Huen1,2,3
通讯作者: Hsu, Jen-Kai
刊名: ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
ISSN: 0004-637X
EISSN: 1538-4357
出版年: 2019
卷: 878, 期:1
语种: 英语
英文关键词: planets and satellites: atmospheres ; planets and satellites: individual (Titan)
WOS关键词: THERMAL STRUCTURE ; PICKUP IONS ; NITROGEN ; PLASMA
WOS学科分类: Astronomy & Astrophysics
WOS研究方向: Astronomy & Astrophysics
英文摘要:

The upper atmosphere of Titan is highly variable as characterized by the variations of the thermospheric and exospheric temperatures from in situ measurements by Cassini at different Titan encounters. A related question has to do with the escape flux of CH4 that might also change with the complex plasma environment and ionospheric conditions. In this study, the atmospheric density profiles obtained by the INMS experiment on Cassini are examined in the context of a bi-Maxwellian approximation proposed by Jiang et al. The results are compared to the escape fluxes generated by magnetospheric and pickup ion sputtering and ionospheric processes. It is found that a CH4 flux at a level of the order of 10(23)-10(25) CH4 s(-1) could be maintained during the quiet condition. But episodic events with the corresponding CH4 escape rate reaching as large as 10(27) s(-1) might be possible. Such a time variability could be indicative of a global change of Titan's atmospheric temperature at relatively short timescales.


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标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/140244
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作者单位: 1.Natl Cent Univ, Grad Inst Space Sci, Taoyuan, Taiwan
2.Natl Cent Univ, Grad Inst Astron, Taoyuan, Taiwan
3.Macau Univ Sci & Technol, Space Sci Inst, Lunar & Planetary Sci Lab, Macau, Peoples R China

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Hsu, Jen-Kai,Ip, Wing-Huen. Estimates of the Atmospheric Escape Rates of CH4 from Titan[J]. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL,2019-01-01,878(1)
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