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. 2014 Dec 9;119(12):9729–9746. doi: 10.1002/2014JA020392

Table 1.

Spectral and Other Selected Parameters for the Most Intense Planetary Energetic Ion Spectra in the Solar System

Planet(Hot Ion) L E Low(keV) C kT γ1 Eo γ2a γ2b BD(nT)c BetaDd Elec. Den.(1/cc) CRMe ErM keVf Comment
E(H+) 3.0 5 6.54E6 ∽0 0.308 77.6 1 1.69 1152 0.123 1100 2.5 38 E×p45; [Lyons and Williams, 1980]
E(H+) 3.5 5 2.41E7 ∽0 0.779 223 3.12 1 725 0.265 700 4.1 45 E×p45; [Lyons and Williams, 1980]
E(H+) 4.0 5 4.00E6 ∽0 0.244 89.0 4.01 1 486 0.350 350 4.4 48 E×p45; [Lyons and Williams, 1980]
E(H+) 4.0 5 7.66E6 ∽0 0.428 4944 1 41.25 486 0.419 350 3.6 45 E×p45; [Lyons and Williams, 1980]
E(H+) 5.0 5 2.67E6 ∽0 0.269 87.3 5.74 1 249 0.752 130 3.1 45 E×p45; [Williams and Lyons, 1974b]
E(H+)a 4.0 1 3.12E19 23.2 5.548 .0011 0.018 1 486 0.184 350 2.0 57 CCE; [Krimigis et al., 1985]
E(O+)b 4.0 10 1.33E22 22.7 6.638 1.39 0.614 1 486 0.078 350 0.359 139 CCE; [Krimigis et al., 1985]
J(H+) 9.51 20 4.05E7 30.9 1.62 5660 2.534 1 490 0.017 120 0.93 189 Gal; [Mauk et al., 2004]
J(H+) 7.1 20 3.50E6 847 0.859 2383 3.10 1 1173 0.0097 900 1.00 1030 Gal; [Mauk et al., 2004]
J(S+) 9.51 80 1.60E8 17.2 1.91 4948 2.21 1 490 0.068 120 1.16 23 Gal; [Mauk et al., 2004]
J(S+) 7.1 80 1.49E11 440 2.44 8408 0.844 1 1173 0.013 900 0.051 538 Gal; [Mauk et al., 2004]
J(O/S+) 7.4 100 2.74E4 0 0.276 2821 4.36 1 1036 0.123 640 1.20 267 Voy; [Mauk et al., 1996]
S(H+) 8.4 30 8.86E11 36.5 3.65 382 1.39 1 33.7 0.064 10 0.027 65 Cassini; This work
S(H+) 9.5 30 6.80E11 17.4 3.79 653 2.95 1 23.3 0.315 6 0.087 31 Cassini; This work
S(W+) 9.5 10 3.96E6 1.75 2.36 165 27.7 1 23.3 0.231 6 0.032 47 Cassini; This work
U(H+) 6.5 40 5.81E5 4.95 1.445 1210 4.63 1 26.8 0.280 1 0.050 49 Voy; [Mauk et al., 1987]
N(H+) 9.4 30 1.51E15 30.6 5.15 NA NA NA 16.9 0.070 0.1 0.007 79 Voy; [Mauk et al., 1995]
a

This is a poor fit. It uses only the peaks of very structured proton spectra.

b

This spectrum also has some unmodeled structure, but the fit is accurate to a factor of 2 everywhere.

c

Dipole magnetic field strength at the magnetic equator at the designated L value.

d

Ratio of the integrated particle pressure for the designated spectrum, normalized by the dipole magnetic pressure.

e

CRM is the maximum value of the Cm/CK versus Er profile.

f

ERM is the value of the resonant energy Er at which CRM occurs.