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The Cassini Magnetic Field Investigation

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The dual technique magnetometer system onboard the Cassini orbiter is described. This instrument consists of vector helium and fluxgate magnetometers with the capability to operate the helium device in a scalar mode. This special mode is used near the planet in order to determine with very high accuracy the interior field of the planet. The orbital mission will lead to a detailed understanding of the Saturn/Titan system including measurements of the planetary magnetosphere, and the interactions of Saturn with the solar wind, of Titan with its environments, and of the icy satellites within the magnetosphere.

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  1. The Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College, London, SW7 2BZ, U.K.

    M. K. Dougherty, S. Kellock, D. J. Southwood & A. Balogh

  2. Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 91109, U.S.A.

    E. J. Smith & B. T. Tsurutani

  3. Technische Universitat Braunschweig, D-38106, Braunschweig, Germany

    B. Gerlach, K.-H. Glassmeier & F. Gleim

  4. UCLA Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, Los Angeles, CA, 90024-1567, U.S.A.

    C. T. Russell

  5. KFKI Research Institute for Particle and Nuclear Physics, PO Box 49, H-1525, Budapest, Hungary

    G. Erdos

  6. Institute for Geophysics and Meterology, Köln University, 50923, Köln, Germany

    F. M. Neubauer

  7. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Leicester University, Leicester, LE1 7RH, U.K.

    S. W. H. Cowley

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Dougherty, M.K., Kellock, S., Southwood, D.J. et al. The Cassini Magnetic Field Investigation. Space Sci Rev 114, 331–383 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-004-1432-2

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