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Direct detection of the Enceladus water torus with Herschel

hal.structure.identifierMax-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung = Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research [MPS]
dc.contributor.authorHARTOGH, P.
hal.structure.identifierLaboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique [LESIA]
dc.contributor.authorLELLOUCH, E.
hal.structure.identifierLaboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique [LESIA]
dc.contributor.authorMORENO, R.
hal.structure.identifierLaboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique [LESIA]
dc.contributor.authorBOCKELÉE-MORVAN, D.
hal.structure.identifierLaboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique [LESIA]
dc.contributor.authorBIVER, N.
dc.contributor.authorCASSIDY, T.
hal.structure.identifierMax-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung = Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research [MPS]
dc.contributor.authorRENGEL, M.
dc.contributor.authorJARCHOW, C.
hal.structure.identifierLaboratoire d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux [Pessac] [LAB]
hal.structure.identifierObservatoire aquitain des sciences de l'univers [OASU]
hal.structure.identifierUniversité Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1 [UB]
hal.structure.identifierLaboratoire d'astrodynamique, d'astrophysique et d'aéronomie de bordeaux [L3AB]
dc.contributor.authorCAVALIÉ, T.
hal.structure.identifierLaboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique [LESIA]
dc.contributor.authorCROVISIER, J.
dc.contributor.authorHELMICH, F. P.
dc.contributor.authorKIDGER, M.
dc.date.issued2011-08
dc.identifier.issn0004-6361
dc.description.abstractEnCryovolcanic activity near the south pole of Saturn's moon Enceladus produces plumes of H2O-dominated gases and ice particles, which escape and populate a torus-shaped cloud. Using submillimeter spectroscopy with Herschel, we report the direct detection of the Enceladus water vapor torus in four rotational lines of water at 557, 987, 1113, and 1670 GHz, and probe its physical conditions and structure. We determine line-of-sight H2O column densities of ~4 × 1013 cm-2 near the equatorial plane, with a ~50 000 km vertical scale height. The water torus appears to be rotationally cold (e.g. an excitation temperature of 16 K is measured for the 1113 GHz line) but dynamically excited, with non-Keplerian dispersion velocities of ~2 km s-1, and appears to be largely shaped by molecular collisions. From estimates of the influx rates of torus material into Saturn and Titan, we infer that Enceladus' activity is likely to be the ultimate source of water in the upper atmosphere of Saturn, but not in Titan's. Herschel is an ESA space observatory with science instruments provided by European-led Principal Investigator consortia and with important participation from NASA. HIFI has been designed and built by a consortium of institutes and university departments from across Europe, Canada and the United States under the leadership of SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research, Groningen, The Netherlands and with major contributions from Germany, France and the US.Figures 4 and 5 are available in electronic form at http://www.aanda.org
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherEDP Sciences
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/
dc.subject.enplanets and satellites: individual: Saturn
dc.subject.enplanets and satellites: individual: Enceladus
dc.subject.entechniques: spectroscopic
dc.subject.ensubmillimetre: planetary system
dc.title.enDirect detection of the Enceladus water torus with Herschel
dc.typeArticle de revue
dc.identifier.doi10.1051/0004-6361/201117377
dc.subject.halPlanète et Univers [physics]/Astrophysique [astro-ph]/Planétologie et astrophysique de la terre [astro-ph.EP]
dc.subject.halPhysique [physics]/Astrophysique [astro-ph]/Planétologie et astrophysique de la terre [astro-ph.EP]
bordeaux.journalAstronomy and Astrophysics - A&A
bordeaux.pageL2
bordeaux.volume532
bordeaux.peerReviewedoui
hal.identifierhal-00620190
hal.version1
hal.popularnon
hal.audienceInternationale
hal.origin.linkhttps://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr//hal-00620190v1
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