On the charge exchange loss of energetic charged particles in the Jovian magnetosphere

Details On the charge exchange loss of energetic charged particles in the Jovian magnetosphere On the charge exchange loss of energetic charged particles in the Jovian magnetosphere

Dec 1981

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1981jgr....8611246i&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 86, Dec. 1, 1981, p. 11246-11250.

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Charge Exchange, Charged Particles, Energetic Particles, Jupiter Atmosphere, Particle Interactions, Planetary Magnetospheres, Io, Molecular Clouds, Neutral Atoms, Neutral Particles, Toroidal Plasmas, Voyager Project, Jupiter, Magnetosphere, Charged Particles, Satellites, Io, Ions, Flux, Distribution, Diffusion, Comparisons, Theoretical Studies, Voyager, Data, Observations, Diagrams, Toruses, Exosphere, Injection, Density, Plasmas, Pitch Angles

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Following the suggestion that the magnetospheric charged particles may suffer charge exchange loss in the vicinity of the Io torus because of neutral atomic and molecular clouds emitted from Io, quantitative estimates are given of the resulting variation in the pitch angle distribution, as well as of the lossy radial diffusion between 5 and 8 Jupiter radii. Comparison of the theoretical calculations with the Voyager observations suggests that the low-energy particle measurements are compatible with the existence of neutral clouds of molecules and atoms distributed between 5.6 and 6 Jupiter radii (and beyond) with a total number density less than about 180/cu cm. The result is seen as corroborating the deduction from other observations that the neutral atoms and molecules ejected from Io into the Jovian magnetosphere could be quite extensive and effective in regulating the overall magnetospheric processes.

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