Radiation belt radial diffusion at Earth and beyond

S Lejosne, P Kollmann - Space Science Reviews, 2020 - Springer
The year 2019 marks the 60th anniversary of the concept of radial diffusion in
magnetospheric research. This makes it one of the oldest research topics in radiation belt …

Differentiating between the leading processes for electron radiation belt acceleration

S Lejosne, HJ Allison, LW Blum, AY Drozdov… - Frontiers in astronomy …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Many spacecraft fly within or through a natural and variable particle accelerator powered by
the coupling between the magnetosphere and the solar wind: the Earth's radiation belts …

Multi‐instrument analysis of electron populations in Saturn's magnetosphere

P Schippers, M Blanc, N André… - Journal of …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
We analyze the radial distribution of electron populations inside 20 Rs in Saturn's
magnetosphere, and we calculate moments for these populations by a forward modeling …

Preservation of potential biosignatures in the shallow subsurface of Europa

TA Nordheim, KP Hand, C Paranicas - Nature Astronomy, 2018 - nature.com
Jupiter's moon Europa, which is thought to possess a large liquid water ocean beneath its
icy crust, is one of the most compelling targets in the search for life beyond Earth. Its …

Plasma, plumes and rings: Saturn system dynamics as recorded in global color patterns on its midsize icy satellites

P Schenk, DP Hamilton, RE Johnson, WB McKinnon… - Icarus, 2011 - Elsevier
New global maps of the five inner midsize icy saturnian satellites, Mimas, Enceladus, Tethys,
Dione, and Rhea, have been constructed in three colors (UV, Green and near-IR) at …

Electron acceleration to MeV energies at Jupiter and Saturn

P Kollmann, E Roussos, C Paranicas… - Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The radiation belts and magnetospheres of Jupiter and Saturn show significant intensities of
relativistic electrons with energies up to tens of megaelectronvolts (MeV). To date, the …

Energetic ion spectral characteristics in the Saturnian magnetosphere using Cassini/MIMI measurements

K Dialynas, SM Krimigis, DG Mitchell… - Journal of …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
We report sample results on Saturn magnetospheric energetic ion spectral shapes using
measurements obtained from the Magnetospheric Imaging Instrument (MIMI) suite onboard …

The formation of saturn's and jupiter's electron radiation belts by magnetospheric electric fields

YX Hao, YX Sun, E Roussos, Y Liu… - The Astrophysical …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
The existence of planetary radiation belts with relativistic electron components means that
powerful acceleration mechanisms are operating within their volume. Mechanisms that bring …

Planetary space weather: scientific aspects and future perspectives

C Plainaki, J Lilensten, A Radioti… - Journal of Space …, 2016 - swsc-journal.org
In this paper, we review the scientific aspects of planetary space weather at different regions
of our Solar System, performing a comparative planetology analysis that includes a direct …

Saturn's inner magnetospheric convection pattern: Further evidence

MF Thomsen, E Roussos… - Journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Observations of the radial locations of satellite absorption microsignatures in energetic
particle data at Saturn have suggested the existence of an average convection pattern, fixed …