Oh my goodness, how should one reply to so much idiocy?
The plasma of the magnetosphere interacts with the neutral plumes, and the interaction is that the particles of both collide and either ionize the neutral by just kicking out an electron from the neutral, or they have a charge exchange interaction in which an electron from a neutral goes to the ion. Naturally, there can also be radiation the ionizes the neutrals.
And this process goes on all the way to the surface yes, why should it not? Enceladus is not protected by any magnetosphere or someting. Note, however, that this has NOTHING to do with any heating. It is mind boggling that you come up with heating here.
ouble layer, I guess you mean double layer. It is basically impossible to get a double layer because there is no steady state there, the plasma of the Kronian magnetosphere is moving at high speed past Enceladus. There is, thus, no boundary between two different plasmas. Also, such a double layer would not produce any heat, so it is stupefying how you come to such conclusions. Apparently you know jack about plasma physics.
And no we DO NOT agree at all that there is a "misunderstood EM process" because it is all pretty standard. Maybe you should read REAL papers instead of dumbified press releases?
However as the link writes (you forgot a word, so the sentence does not make any sense)
as Enceladus plows through the plasma "spiky" features form that represent bubbles of low energy particles
Enceladus sweeps away particles from the Kronian magnetosphere. When a spacecraft flys through the magnetosphere it will measure sudden (spiky) drops in density in the data (spiky because the signatures are short).
There are clear vents on the south pole of Enceladus that are either open or closed, depending where the moon is in the Kronian system. They are opened and closed by the flexing of the moon by the tidal forces. You may not like it, but that is how it works.
The vortices at poles are something completely different and happen to solar system objects
that have an atmosphere.
Could you just stop spouting this uttern nonsense. First come up with a real model using your EU pinches and induction and double layers, maybe then we can discuss any further.
But knowing you, you are only here to bitch about the mainstream, so I don't expect anything from you or your team (Zeuzzz, Michael Mozina, Brantc) that even comes close to a quantitative solution to the problems. It's bunnies all the way down.
, but something EM in nature? Induction? Pinching?
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