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INFRARED AURORAE IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM Infrared Aurorae in the Solar System Tom Stallard ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS LABORATORY DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS AND ASTROMONY Steve Miller, Henrik Melin, Makenzie Lystrup and the Cassini community, especially: Emma Bunce, Chris Arridge, Nick Achilleos and Michele Dougherty

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INFRARED AURORAE IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM Infrared (Connerney et al) Ultraviolet (Clarke et al) Imaging: Jupiter

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Page 1: INFRARED AURORAE IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM Infrared Aurorae in the Solar System Tom Stallard ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS LABORATORY DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS AND ASTROMONY

INFRARED AURORAE IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM

Infrared Aurorae in the Solar System

Tom Stallard

ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS LABORATORYDEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS AND ASTROMONY

Steve Miller, Henrik Melin, Makenzie Lystrup

and the Cassini community, especially: Emma Bunce, Chris

Arridge, Nick Achilleos and Michele Dougherty

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INFRARED AURORAE IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM

H3+ formation

  H2 + h = H2+ + e

H2 + e* = H2+ + e + e

H2+ + H2 = H3

+ + H

H3+ destruction

H3+ + X = HX+ + H2

H3+ + e- = H + H2

Hydrocarbons Hydrocarbons

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INFRARED AURORAE IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM

Infrared

(Connerney et al)

Ultraviolet

(Clarke et al)

Imaging: Jupiter

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INFRARED AURORAE IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM

Saturn

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INFRARED AURORAE IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM

Uranus

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INFRARED AURORAE IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM

Spectroscopy: Jupiter

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INFRARED AURORAE IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM

Multiple line spectroscopy provides:

• emission intensities• temperature• composition• cooling rates• vertical thermal profile• atmospheric densities

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INFRARED AURORAE IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM

IR observations of Jupiter

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INFRARED AURORAE IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM

Temperature

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INFRARED AURORAE IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM

Cooling

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INFRARED AURORAE IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM

Ion Winds

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INFRARED AURORAE IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM

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INFRARED AURORAE IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM

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INFRARED AURORAE IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM

High resolution observations of

Saturn

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INFRARED AURORAE IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM

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INFRARED AURORAE IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM

Compared with the UV emission

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INFRARED AURORAE IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM

1.3” smear

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INFRARED AURORAE IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM

Infilled

Extended Flanks

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INFRARED AURORAE IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM

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INFRARED AURORAE IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM

Saturn

Jupiter

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INFRARED AURORAE IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM

Saturn

Jupiter

Co-rotation breakdown

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INFRARED AURORAE IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM

Saturn

Jupiter

Co-rotation breakdown Outer effects