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University of Kansas
Cassini Studies
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KU Physics Department faculty involved with the Cassini
mission:
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The Cassini Spacecraft |
Selected Publications:
2000-Present
- Modeling of Electron Fluxes in the Enceladus Plume, N. Ozak, T. E. Cravens,
G. H. Jones, A. J. Coates, and I. P. Robertson, Journal of Geophysical Research, 117, A06220,
doi:10.1029/2011JA017497, 2012. Abstract and link to full
article.
- Electron Energetics in the Enceladus Torus, T. E. Cravens, N. Ozak, M. S. Richard,
M. E. Campbell, I. P. Robertson, M. Perry, and A. M. Rymer, Journal of Geophysical Research, 116, A09205,
doi:10.1029/2011JA016498, 2011. Abstract and link to full article.
- The Plume Ionosphere of Enceladus as Seen by the Cassini Ion and Neutral Mass Spectrometer,
T. E. Cravens, R. L. McNutt Jr., J. H. Waite Jr., I. P. Robertson,
J. G. Luhmann, W. Kasprzak, and W.-I. Ip, Geophysical Research Letters, 36, L08106, 2009.
Abstract,
with link to full article.
- Cassini Ion and Neutral Mass Spectrometer: Enceladus Plume Composition and Structure, J. H. Waite Jr.,
M. R. Combi, W.-H. Ip, T. E. Cravens, R. L. McNutt,
W. Kasprzak, R. Yelle, J. G. Luhmann, H. Niemann, D. Gell, B. Magee, G. Fletcher, J. Lunine, and W. L.
Tseng, Science, 311, 1419, 2006. Abstract, with link to full
article.
- A Model of the Ionosphere of Saturn's Rings and Its Implications, J. G. Luhmann, R. E. Johnson, R. L. Tokar,
S. A. Ledvina, and T. E. Cravens, Icarus, 181(2), 465, 2006.
Abstract, with link to full article.
- Oxygen Ions Observed Near Saturn's A-Ring, J. H. Waite, Jr., T. E. Cravens,
W.-H. Ip, W. T. Kasprzak, J. G.
Luhmann, R. L. McNutt, H. B. Niemann, R. V. Yelle, I. Mueller-Wodarg, S. A. Ledvina, and S. Scherer,
Science, 307, 1260, 2005. Abstract
(with link to full article)
- Ion Neutral Mass Spectrometer Results from the First Flyby of Titan, J. H. Waite Jr., H. Niemann, R. V.
Yelle, W. T. Kasprzak, T. E. Cravens, J. G. Luhmann, R. L. McNutt, W.-I. Ip, D. Gell, V.
de la Haye, I. Muller-Wordag, Brian Magee, N. Borggren. S. L. Ledvina, Greg Fletcher, E. Walter, R. Miller, S.
Scherer, Rob Thorpe, Jing Xu, Bruce Block, and Ken Arnett, Science, 308, 982. 2005.
Abstract
(with link to full article)
- Ion Trajectories in Saturn's
Magnetosphere Near Titan, S. A. Ledvina, T. E. Cravens,
A. Salman, and K. Kecskemety, Advances in Space Research, 26, 1691, 2000.
Prior to 2000
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Model of Titan's Ionosphere with Detailed Hydrocarbon Ion Chemistry,
C. N. Keller, V. G. Anicich, and T. E. Cravens, Planetary and Space
Science, 46, 1157, 1998.
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A Two-Dimensional Multifluid MHD Model of Titan's Plasma Environment,
T. E. Cravens, C. J. Lindgren, and S. A.
Ledvina, Planetary and Space Science, 46, 1193, 1998.
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A Three-Dimensional MHD Model of Plasma Flow Around Titan, S. A.
Ledvina and T. E. Cravens, Planetary and
Space Science, 46, 1175, 1998.
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A Three-Dimensional MHD Model of Plasma Flow Around Titan: A Tool for Cassini
Mission Planning, results of our 3D MHD model and the first 15 planned
passes of the Cassini orbiter.
Image courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech. |
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More information on the Cassini mission:
Cassini website at the
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
INMS
Engineering Technical Write-up, by Dr. J. Hunter Waite (on the JPL
website)
Cassini MIMI information
at Fundamental Technologies
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