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Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12386/31331
Title: Preliminary estimation of the detection possibilities of Ganymede's water vapor environment with MAJIS
Authors: PLAINAKI, CHRISTINA 
SINDONI, Giuseppe 
GRASSI, Davide 
Cafarelli, L
D'AVERSA, EMILIANO 
MASSETTI, Stefano 
MURA, Alessandro 
MILILLO, Anna 
FILACCHIONE, GIANRICO 
PICCIONI, GIUSEPPE 
Langevin, Y
Poulet, F
TOSI, Federico 
MIGLIORINI, Alessandra 
ALTIERI, FRANCESCA 
Issue Date: 2020
Journal: PLANETARY AND SPACE SCIENCE 
Number: 191
First Page: 105004
Abstract: The exosphere of Ganymede is the interface region linking the moon's icy surface to Jupiter's magnetospheric environment. Its characterization is of key importance to achieve a full understanding of the ice alteration processes induced by the radiation environment. Several scientific instruments that will operate on board the upcoming Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) mission, selected by ESA in the context of its Cosmic Vision programme, have the potential to study Ganymede's exosphere. Among them, the Moons And Jupiter Imaging Spectrometer (MAJIS) will have the chance to investigate the composition of the moon's exospheric components and the emission of water molecules. The exospheric water density profile, as obtained from current models, is a crucial parameter for the estimation of the expected signal to noise ratio related to the actual measurement. In lack of an adequate number of Ganymede's observations from past missions, there is a general difficulty in constraining current exosphere models which are based, in general, on different scenarios and considerations and often show large discrepancies in the estimated spatial distribution of the neutral environment. In this work, we make a preliminary estimation of the expected IR emission from exospheric water molecules, using different modelled density profiles, and we speculate on the possibility of JUICE/MAJIS to detect it. An exercise on the potential plume detection capabilities of MAJIS is also performed. The first necessary step for performing these calculations is a rough comparison of the existing models of Ganymede's water vapor exosphere. We discuss the characteristics of the neutral environment as derived from different exospheric models available in literature, the role of the ion-surface interactions in the H2O exosphere generation, and the related implications also in view of future observations. We then use the model outputs to estimate different scenarios for the expected non-Local Thermal Equilibrium (non-LTE) emission from these molecules. The results of this study can be of help during the JUICE observation planning phase.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12386/31331
URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032063320300507
ISSN: 0032-0633
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2020.105004
Bibcode ADS: 2020P&SS..19105004P
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