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On the anti-correlation between H3+ temperature and density in giant planet ionospheres

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On the anti-correlation between H3+ temperature and density in giant planet ionospheres. / Melin, Henrik; Stallard, Tom; O'Donoghue, James et al.
In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 438, No. 2, 21.02.2014, p. 1611-1617.

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Melin, H, Stallard, T, O'Donoghue, J, Badman, SV, Miller, S & Blake, J 2014, 'On the anti-correlation between H3+ temperature and density in giant planet ionospheres', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 438, no. 2, pp. 1611-1617. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt2299

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Melin, H., Stallard, T., O'Donoghue, J., Badman, S. V., Miller, S., & Blake, J. (2014). On the anti-correlation between H3+ temperature and density in giant planet ionospheres. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 438(2), 1611-1617. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt2299

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Melin H, Stallard T, O'Donoghue J, Badman SV, Miller S, Blake J. On the anti-correlation between H3+ temperature and density in giant planet ionospheres. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 2014 Feb 21;438(2):1611-1617. Epub 2013 Dec 21. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stt2299

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Melin, Henrik ; Stallard, Tom ; O'Donoghue, James et al. / On the anti-correlation between H3+ temperature and density in giant planet ionospheres. In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 2014 ; Vol. 438, No. 2. pp. 1611-1617.

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abstract = "The intensity of H3+ emission can be driven by both temperature and density, and when fitting a set of infrared H3+ line spectra, an anticorrelation between the fitted temperatures and densities is commonly observed. The ambiguity present in the existing published literature on how to treat this effect puts into question the physical significance of the derived parameters. Here, we examine the nature of this anticorrelation and quantify the inherent uncertainty in the fitted temperature and density that this produces. We find that the uncertainty produced by the H3+ temperature and density anticorrelation is to a very good approximation equal to the uncertainties that are derived from the fitting procedure invoking Cramer's rule. This means that any previously observed correlated variability in the observed H3+ temperature and density outside these errors, in the absence of other error sources, are statistically separated and can be considered physical. These results are compared to recent ground-based infrared Keck Near InfRared echelle SPECtrograph (NIRSPEC) observations of H3+ emission from Saturn's aurora, which show no clear evidence for large-scale radiative cooling, but do show stark hemispheric differences in temperature.",
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AU - Stallard, Tom

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AU - Miller, Steve

AU - Blake, James

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AB - The intensity of H3+ emission can be driven by both temperature and density, and when fitting a set of infrared H3+ line spectra, an anticorrelation between the fitted temperatures and densities is commonly observed. The ambiguity present in the existing published literature on how to treat this effect puts into question the physical significance of the derived parameters. Here, we examine the nature of this anticorrelation and quantify the inherent uncertainty in the fitted temperature and density that this produces. We find that the uncertainty produced by the H3+ temperature and density anticorrelation is to a very good approximation equal to the uncertainties that are derived from the fitting procedure invoking Cramer's rule. This means that any previously observed correlated variability in the observed H3+ temperature and density outside these errors, in the absence of other error sources, are statistically separated and can be considered physical. These results are compared to recent ground-based infrared Keck Near InfRared echelle SPECtrograph (NIRSPEC) observations of H3+ emission from Saturn's aurora, which show no clear evidence for large-scale radiative cooling, but do show stark hemispheric differences in temperature.

KW - planets and satellites: atmospheres

KW - planets and satellites: aurorae

KW - planets and satellites: gaseous planets

KW - planets and satellites: magnetic fields

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