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Cassini Publications

  • A.J. Coates, A. Wellbrock, G.R. Lewis, C.S. Arridge, F.J. Crary, D.T. Young, M.F. Thomsen, D.B. Reisenfeld, E.C. Sittler Jr, R.E. Johnson, K. Szego, Z. Bebesi, G.H. Jones, “Cassini in Titan's tail: CAPS observations of plasma escape”, J. Geophys. Res., doi:10.1029/2012JA017595, in press.

  • R. L. Tokar, R. E. Johnson, M. F. Thomsen, E. C. Sittler, A. J. Coates, R. J. Wilson, F. J. Crary, D. T. Young, and G. H. Jones, “Detection of exospheric O2+ at Saturn's moon Dione”, Geophys. Res. Lett., 39, L03105, doi:10.1029/2011GL050452 (2012).

  • C.S. Arridge, N. André, H.J. McAndrews, E.J. Bunce, M.H. Burger, K.C. Hansen, H.-W. Hsu, R.E. Johnson, G.H. Jones, S. Kempf, K.K. Khurana, N. Krupp, W.S. Kurth, J.S. Leisner, C. Paranicas, E. Roussos, C.T. Russell, P. Schippers, E.C. Sittler, H.T. Smith, M.F. Thomsen, M.K. Dougherty, “Mapping Magnetospheric Equatorial Regions at Saturn from Cassini Prime Mission Observations”, Space Sci. Rev., 164, 1 (2011).

  • E.C. Sittler Jr., R.E.Hartle, R.E.Johnson, J.F.Cooper, A.S.Lipatov, C.Bertucci, A.J.Coates, K. Szego, M.Shappirio, D.G.Simpson, J.-E.Wahlund, “Saturn's magnetospheric interaction with Titan as defined by Cassini encounters T9 and T18: New results”, Planet. Space Sci. (2010)

  • E.C. Sittler Jr., A.Ali, J.F.Cooper, R.E.Hartle, R.E.Johnson, A.J.Coates, D.T.Young, “Heavy ion formation in Titan's ionosphere: Magnetospheric introduction of free oxygen and a source of Titan's aerosols?” (Planet. Space Sci., 2009)

  • C.S. Arridge, L.K. Gilbert, G.R. Lewis, E.C. Sittler, G.H. Jones, D.O. Kataria, A.J. Coates, D.T. Young, “The effect of spacecraft radiation sources on electron moments from the Cassini CAPS electron spectrometer”, (Planet. Space Sci., 2009)

  • J.F. Cooper, P.D. Cooper, E.C. Sittler, S.J. Sturner, A.M. Rymer, “Old Faithful model for radiolytic gas-driven cryovolcanism at Enceladus” (Planet. Space Sci., 2009)

  • E.C. Sittler Jr., N. André, M. Blanc, M. Burger, R.E. Johnson, A. Coates, A. Rymer, D. Reisenfeld, M.F. Thomsen, A. Persoon, M. Dougherty, H.T. Smith, R.A. Baragiola, R.E. Hartle, D. Chornay, M.D. Shappirio, D. Simpson, D.J. McComas, D.T. Young, “Ion and neutral sources and sinks within Saturn's inner magnetosphere: Cassini results” (Planet. Space Sci., 2008)

  • H. T. Smith, M. Shappirio, R. E. Johnson, D. Reisenfeld, E. C. Sittler, F. J. Crary, D. J. McComas, and D. T. Young, “Enceladus: A potential source of ammonia products and molecular nitrogen for Saturn's magnetosphere” (J. Geophys. Res., 2008)

  • R.E. Johnson, M. Famá, M. Liu, R.A. Baragiola, E.C. Sittler Jr., H.T. Smith, “Sputtering of ice grains and icy satellites in Saturn's inner magnetosphere” (Planet. Space Sci., 2008)

  • R. L. Tokar, R. J. Wilson, R. E. Johnson, M. G. Henderson, M. F. Thomsen, M. M. Cowee, E. C. Sittler Jr., D. T. Young, F. J. Crary, H. J. McAndrews, and H. T. Smith, “Cassini detection of water-group pick-up ions in the Enceladus torus” (Geophys. Res. Lett., 2008)

  • A. J. Coates, F. J. Crary, G. R. Lewis, D. T. Young, J. H. Waite Jr., and E. C. Sittler Jr., “Discovery of heavy negative ions in Titan's ionosphere” (Geophys. Res. Lett., 2007)

  • N. André, A. M. Persoon, J. Goldstein, J. L. Burch, P. Louarn, G. R. Lewis, A. M. Rymer, A. J. Coates, W. S. Kurth, E. C. Sittler Jr., M. F. Thomsen, F. J. Crary, M. K. Dougherty, D. A. Gurnett, and D. T. Young, “Magnetic signatures of plasma-depleted flux tubes in the Saturnian inner magnetosphere” (Geophys. Res. Lett., 2007)

  • A. J. Coates, F. J. Crary, D. T. Young, K. Szego, C. S. Arridge, Z. Bebesi, E. C. Sittler Jr., R. E. Hartle, and T. W. Hill, “Ionospheric electrons in Titan's tail: Plasma structure during the Cassini T9 encounter” (Geophys. Res. Lett., 2007)

  • K. Szego, Z. Bebesi, C. Bertucci, A. J. Coates, F. Crary, G. Erdos, R. Hartle, E. C. Sittler Jr., and D. T. Young, “Charged particle environment of Titan during the T9 flyby” (Geophys. Res. Lett., 2007)

  • A. M. Rymer, B. H. Mauk, T. W. Hill, C. Paranicas, N. André, E. C. Sittler Jr., D. G. Mitchell, H. T. Smith, R. E. Johnson, A. J. Coates, D. T. Young, S. J. Bolton, M. F. Thomsen, and M. K. Dougherty, “Electron sources in Saturn's magnetosphere” (J. Geophys. Res., 2007)

  • M. H. Burger, E. C. Sittler Jr., R. E. Johnson, H. T. Smith, O. J. Tucker, “Understanding the escape of water from Enceladus” (J. Geophys. Res., 2007)

  • Zoltán Dóbé, Karoly Szego, Kevin B. Quest, Vitali D. Shapiro, R. E. Hartle, and E. C. Sittler Jr, “Nonlinear evolution of modified two-stream instability above ionosphere of Titan: Comparison with the data of the Cassini Plasma Spectrometer” (J. Geophys. Res., 2007)

  • R. E. Hartle and E. C. Sittler Jr., “Pickup ion phase space distributions: Effects of atmospheric spatial gradients” (J. Geophys. Res., 2007)

  • H. T. Smith, M. Shappirio, R. E. Johnson, D. Reisenfeld, E. C. Sittler, F. J. Crary, D. J. McComas, and D. T. Young, “Enceladus: The likely dominant nitrogen source in Saturn's magnetosphere” (Icarus, 2007)

  • E.C. Sittler Jr., M. Thomsen, R.E. Johnson, R.E. Hartle, M. Burger, D. Chornay, M.D. Shappirio, D. Simpson, H.T. Smith, A.J. Coates, A.M. Rymer, D.J. McComas, D.T. Young, D. Reisenfeld, M. Dougherty, N. André, “Cassini observations of Saturn's inner plasmasphere: Saturn orbit insertion results” (Planet. Space Sci., 2006)

  • E. C. Sittler Jr., M. F. Blanc, and J. D. Richardson, “Proposed model for Saturn's auroral response to the solar wind: Centrifugal instability model” (J. Geophys. Res., 2006)

  • E. C. Sittler Jr., R. E. Johnson, H. T. Smith, J. D. Richardson, S. Jurac, M. Moore, J. F. Cooper, B. H. Mauk, M. Michael, C. Paranicas, T. P. Armstrong, and B. Tsurutani, “Energetic nitrogen ions within the inner magnetosphere of Saturn” (J. Geophys. Res., 2006) PDF Version

  • R. E. Hartle, E. C. Sittler Jr., F. M. Neubauer, R. E. Johnson, H. T. Smith, F. Crary, D. J. McComas, D. T. Young, A. J. Coates, D. Simpson, S. Bolton, D. Reisenfeld, K. Szego, J. J. Berthelier, A. Rymer, J. Vilppola, J. T. Steinberg, and N. André, “Preliminary interpretation of Titan plasma interaction as observed by the Cassini Plasma Spectrometer: Comparisons with Voyager 1” (Geophys. Res. Lett., 2006)

  • R.E. Hartle, E.C. Sittler, F.M. Neubauer, R.E. Johnson, H.T. Smith, F. Crary, D.J. McComas, D.T. Young, A.J. Coates, D. Simpson, S. Bolton, D. Reisenfeld, K. Szego, J.J. Berthelier, A. Rymer, J. Vilppola, J.T. Steinberg, N. André, “Initial interpretation of Titan plasma interaction as observed by the Cassini plasma spectrometer: Comparisons with Voyager 1” (Planet. Space Sci., 2006)

  • R.E. Johnson, J.G. Luhmann, R.L. Tokar, M. Bouhram, J.J. Berthelier, E.C. Sittler, J.F. Cooper, T.W. Hill, H.T. Smith, M. Michael, M. Liu, F.J. Crary, D.T. Young, “Production, ionization and redistribution of O2 in Saturn's ring atmosphere” (Icarus, 2006)

  • E. C. Sittler Jr., M. Thomsen, D. Chornay, M. D. Shappirio, D. Simpson, R. E. Johnson, H. T. Smith, A. J. Coates, A. M. Rymer, F. Crary, D. J. McComas, D. T. Young, D. Reisenfeld, M. Dougherty, and N. André, “Preliminary results on Saturn's inner plasmasphere as observed by Cassini: Comparison with Voyager” (Geophys. Res. Lett., 2005)

  • E.C. Sittler, R.E. Hartle, A.F. Viñas, R.E. Johnson, H.T. Smith, and I. Mueller-Wodard, “Titan Interaction with Saturn's Magnetosphere: Voyager 1 Results Revisited”, (J. Geophys. Res., 2005) PDF version

  • A. J. Coates, H. J. McAndrews, A. M. Rymer, D. T. Young, F. J. Crary, S. Maurice, R. E. Johnson, R. A. Baragiola, R. L. Tokar, E. C. Sittler, and G. R. Lewis, “Plasma electrons above Saturn's main rings: CAPS observations” (Geophys. Res. Lett., 2005)

  • K. Szego, Z. Bebesi, G. Erdos, L. Foldy, F. Crary, D. J. McComas, D. T. Young, S. Bolton, A. J. Coates, A. M. Rymer, R. E. Hartle, E. C. Sittler, D. Reisenfeld, J. J. Bethelier, R. E. Johnson, H. T. Smith, T. W. Hill, J. Vilppola, J. Steinberg, and N. André, “The global plasma environment of Titan as observed by Cassini Plasma Spectrometer during the first two close encounters with Titan” (Geophys. Res. Lett., 2005)

  • J. L. Burch, J. Goldstein, T. W. Hill, D. T. Young, F. J. Crary, A. J. Coates, N. André, W. S. Kurth, and E. C. Sittler Jr., “Properties of local plasma injections in Saturn's magnetosphere” (Geophys. Res. Lett., 2005)

  • R. E. Johnson, M. Liu, and E. C. Sittler Jr., “Plasma-induced clearing and redistribution of material embedded in planetary magnetospheres” (Geophys. Res. Lett., 2005)

  • H. T. Smith, M. Shappirio, E. C. Sittler, D. Reisenfeld, R. E. Johnson, R. A. Baragiola, F. J. Crary, D. J. McComas, and D. T. Young, “Discovery of nitrogen in Saturn's inner magnetosphere” (Geophys. Res. Lett., 2005)

  • R. P. Lepping, E. C. Sittler Jr., W. H. Mish, S. A. Curtis, and B. T. Tsurutani“Analysis of waves in Saturn's dayside magnetosphere: Voyager 1 observations” (J. Geophys. Res., 2005)

  • Ed C. Sittler, R. E. Johnson, S. Jurac, J. D. Richardson, M. McGrath, F. Crary, D. T. Young, and J. E. Nordholt, “Pickup ions at Dione and Enceladus: Cassini Plasma Spectrometer simulations” (J. of Geophys. Res. (Planets), 109, A01214, Jan. 20, 2004)  PDF version

  • E.C. Sittler, R.E. Hartle, A.F. Viñas, R.E. Johnson, H.T. Smith, and I. Mueller-Wodard, “Titan Interaction with Saturn's Magnetosphere: Mass Loading and Ionopause Location”. Proceedings of the International Conference TITAN From Discovery to Encounter, 13-17 April 2004, ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, ESA SP-12782.  PDF version

  • M. Blanc, S. Bolton, J. Bradley, M. Burton, T.E. Cravens, I. Dandouras, M.K. Dougherty, M.C. Festou, J. Feynman, R.E. Johnson, T.G. Gombosi, W.S. Kurth, P.C. Liewer, B.H.Mauk, S. Maurice, D. Mitchell, F.M. Neubauer, J.D. Richardson, D.E. Shemansky, E.C. Sittler, B.T. Tsurutani, Ph. Zarka, L.W. Esposito, E.Grün, D.A. Gurnett, A.J.Kliore, S.M.Krimigis, D. Southwood, J.H.Waite, and D.T. Young, “Magnetospheric and Plasma Science with Cassini-Huygens” (Space Sci. Rev., 2002)

  • Young, D.T., B. L. Barraclough, J. J. Berthelier, M. Blanc, J. L. Burch, A. J. Coates, R. Goldstein, M. Grande, M. A. Johnson, R. E. Johnson, E. C. Sittler, Jr., K. R. Svenes, et al. Cassini Plasma Spectrometer Investigation, “Measurement Techniques in Space Plasmas: Particles”, AGU Geophysical Monograph 102, ed. R.E. Pfaff, J.E. Borovsky and D.T. Young, pp.237-242, 1998.

  • W.H. Mish, R. M. Wenger, K.W. Behannon, J. B. Byrnes. “Interactive Digital Signal Processor”, NASA Technical Memorandum 83997, Sept. 1982. Rev. May 1984. PDF Version

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