Ion abundance ratios in the Jovian magnetotail

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Dec 2007

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2007agufmsm53a1078h&link_type=abstract

American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2007, abstract #SM53A-1078

Physics

2744 Magnetotail, 2748 Magnetotail Boundary Layers, 2794 Instruments And Techniques, 6220 Jupiter

Scientific paper

The New Horizons mission offered an exceptional opportunity to explore the distant Jovian magnetotail to over 2600 Jovian Radii. The Pluto Energetic Particle Spectrometer Science Investigation (PEPSSI) is a multi- directional time-of flight spectrometer measuring ions from ~15 keV to over 1 MeV, and electrons from 25 keV through ~0.5 MeV. Included in the measurements made by PEPSSI are proton, helium, oxygen, and sulfur observations. The ion abundance ratios offer distinct information on the sources and sinks in the Jovian system. Previous observations of ion abundances are available only out to ~ 150 Jovian Radii. During the 100+ day exploration of the magnetotail, PEPSSI encountered numerous spatial structures containing a high energetic particle number density. We examine the composition of these dynamic structures and compare the ion abundances with those found in more quiescent regions. We report on the composition ratios as a function of distance down the Jovian magnetotail.

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