Solutions to the equations for corotating magnetospheric convection

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Oct 1982

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Astrophysical Journal, Part 1, vol. 261, Oct. 15, 1982, p. 677-683. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Convection, Earth Magnetosphere, Jupiter Atmosphere, Magnetohydrodynamic Flow, Space Plasmas, Boundary Value Problems, Planetary Ionospheres

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The equations of centrifugally driven convection appropriate to a treatment of the transport of Io plasma in Jupiter's magnetosphere are solved for two special cases of the source distribution. The results show that, in the corotating frame of Jupiter, the mass flows outward from the source, forming spirallike streamlines. It is found that the pitch of a spiral depends on the amount of resident mass and the ionospheric conductivity and that the outflow speed depends on the size of the source region, the resident mass, and the source strength of new ions. An example of a wide source and slow outflow is presented. It is noted that, in the limit of a narrow source, the outflow is rapid and the streamlines are nearly radial.

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