Infrared Aurorae in the Solar System ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS LABORATORY DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS AND ASTROMONY Infrared Aurorae in the Solar System Tom Stallard Steve Miller, Henrik Melin, Makenzie Lystrup and the Cassini community, especially: Emma Bunce, Chris Arridge, Nick Achilleos and Michele Dougherty
Hydrocarbons H3+ formation H2 + hn = H2+ + e H2 + e* = H2+ + e + e H2+ + H2 = H3+ + H H3+ destruction H3+ + X = HX+ + H2 H3+ + e- = H + H2 Hydrocarbons
Imaging: Jupiter Ultraviolet (Clarke et al) Infrared (Connerney et al)
Saturn
Uranus
Spectroscopy: Jupiter
Multiple line spectroscopy provides: emission intensities temperature composition cooling rates vertical thermal profile atmospheric densities
IR observations of Jupiter
Temperature
Cooling
Ion Winds
High resolution observations of Saturn
Compared with the UV emission
1.3” smear
Infilled Extended Flanks
Saturn Jupiter
Co-rotation breakdown Saturn Co-rotation breakdown Jupiter
Co-rotation breakdown Saturn Co-rotation breakdown Outer effects Jupiter