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A study of the propagation of electromagnetic waves in Titan’s atmosphere with the TLM numerical method |
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| Authors: | Juan A Morente Gregorio J Molina-Cuberos Korand Schwingenschuh |
| Institution: | a Department of Applied Physics, University of Granada, E-18071 Granada, Spain b Department of Physics, Applied Electromagnetic Group, University of Murcia, E-30100 Murcia, Spain c Space Research Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Schmiedlstrasse 6, A-8042 Graz, Austria |
| Abstract: | A numerical modeling of the electromagnetic characteristics of Titan’s atmosphere is carried out by means of the TLM numerical method, with the aim of calculating the Schumann resonant frequencies of Saturn’s satellite. The detection and measurement of these resonances by the Huygens probe, which will enter Titan’s atmosphere at the beginning of 2005, is expected to show the existence of electric activity with lightning discharges in the atmosphere of this satellite. As happens with the Schumann frequencies on Earth, losses associated with electric conductivity will make these frequencies lower than theoretically expected, the fundamental frequency being located between 11 and 15 Hz. This numerical study also shows that the strong losses associated to the high conductivity make it impossible for an electromagnetic wave with a frequency of 10 MHz or lower, generated near the surface, to reach the outer part of Titan’s atmosphere. |
| Keywords: | Resonances Titan Radio observations Ionospheres |
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