Table 4

Real part of the permittivity ϵ estimated at 90 MHz for an ice-free dust mantle surrounding the nucleus, as a function of the temperature from 300 to 40 K and for different porosities equal to 50, 60, 70, 80, and 90%.

Ice-free dust mantle

Temperature (K) 300 230 173 113 40

ϵ (Φ = 90%) 1.47 1.38 1.14 1.05 m.l.
ϵ (Φ = 80%) 1.94 1.82 1.51 1.39 1.04
ϵ (Φ = 70%) 2.41 2.27 1.88 1.72 1.29
ϵ (Φ = 60%) 2.88 2.71 2.25 2.06 1.54
ϵ (Φ = 50%) 3.35 3.15 2.61 2.39 1.79

Notes. m.l.: model limit, i.e., permittivity behavior with very high porosity and cryogenic temperatures, currently under development.

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