Ion energetics at Saturn's magnetosphere using Cassini/MIMI measurements: A simple model for the energetic ion integral moments

We present a composite analysis (H+ and O+) of energetic ion spectra and kappa distribution fits, using combined ion measurements from Charge Energy Mass Spectrometer (CHEMS, 3 to 236 keV/e), Low Energy Magnetospheric Measurements System (LEMMS, 0.024 < E < 18 MeV), and the Ion Neutral Camera (INCA, ~5.2 to >220 keV for H+). The modeled expressions of these energetic ion distributions are then used to obtain the four integral particle moments (from zeroth to 3rd moment: n, In, P, IE, i.e. Density, Integral number intensity, Pressure, Integral energy intensity) as well as the characteristic energy (EC=IE/In) of these ions as a function of Local Time and L-Shell. We find that a) protons dominate the energetic ion (>30 keV) integral number and energy intensity at all radial distances (L>5 Rs) and local times, while the H+ and O+ partial pressures and densities are comparable; b) the 12<L<20 Rs region corresponds to a local equatorial acceleration region, where quasi-adiabatic transport of H+ and non-adiabatic acceleration of O+, dominate the ion energetics (compared to the contribution of charge exchange with the Saturnian neutral cloud); c) energetic ion bundles in the 12<L<17 Rs, that -possibly- result from rotating energetic particle blobs shown in previous studies, produce durable signatures (enhancements) in the H+ and O+ pressure, density and temperature; d) energetic ions are depleted inside the orbit of Rhea (~8 Rs), i.e. the energetic ion lifetimes due to charge exchange decrease significantly with decreasing distance in the innermost parts of Saturn's magnetosphere, so that pressure and density drop to minimum inside ~8 Rs. We then utilize a technique to retrieve the equatorial H+ and O+ pressure, density and temperature in Saturn's magnetosphere, using a modified version of the Roelof and Skinner [2000] model in both local time and L-shell. Roelof, E. C., and A. J. Skinner (2000), Space Sci. Rev., 91, 437-459.