The brightness ratio of H Lyman- α /H 2 bands in FUV auroral emissions: A diagnosis for the energy of precipitating electrons and associated magnetospheric acceleration processes applied to Saturn

Chihiro Tao (1) , Laurent Lamy (2) , Renée Prangé (2)

1 LPP - Laboratoire de Physique des Plasmas
2 LESIA - Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique

Domaines: Physique [physics]; Astrophysique [astro-ph]; Planète et Univers [physics]

Chihiro Tao, Laurent Lamy, Renée Prangé. The brightness ratio of H Lyman- α /H 2 bands in FUV auroral emissions: A diagnosis for the energy of precipitating electrons and associated magnetospheric acceleration processes applied to Saturn. Geophysical Research Letters, 2014, 41 (19), pp.6644-6651. ⟨10.1002/2014GL061329⟩. ⟨hal-02544434⟩