\begin{table}%t4 \caption{\label{prodiontot}Column ionization rates for electron precipitation with Maxwellian spectra of different characteristic energies.} \small%\centering \par \begin{tabular}[h]{lllc} \hline\hline Species & \multicolumn{2}{c}{This work} & \citet{Perry99} \\ & \multicolumn{1}{c}{1~keV} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{50~keV} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{50~keV} \\ \hline\noalign{\smallskip} e$^-$ & $2.00 \times 10^{11}$ & $1.86 \times 10^{11}$ & $1.83 \times 10^{11}$ \\ H$^+$ from H & $8.57 \times 10^8$ & $1.03 \times 10^7$ & $2.38 \times 10^7$ \\ H$_2^+$ & $1.92 \times 10^{11}$ & $1.78 \times 10^{11}$ & $1.70 \times 10^{11}$ \\ H$^+$ from H$_2$ & $7.59 \times 10^9$ & $2.49 \times 10^9$ & $6.74 \times 10^9$ \\ He$^+$ & $1.89 \times 10^8$ & $5.08 \times 10^9$ & $6.12 \times 10^9$ \\ He$^{++}$ & $1.28 \times 10^7$ & $1.57 \times 10^8$ & \\ CH$_4^+$ & $5.57 \times 10^3$ & $1.80 \times 10^8$ & $6.12 \times 10^7$ \\ CH$_3^+$ & $4.28 \times 10^3$ & $1.38 \times 10^8$ & $5.84 \times 10^7$ \\ CH$_2^+$ & $7.21 \times 10^2$ & $2.05 \times 10^7$ & $8.28 \times 10^6$ \\ H (neutral dissociation of H$_2$) & $1.18 \times 10^{11}$ & $1.12 \times 10^{11}$ & \\ \hline \end{tabular} \end{table}