Radiative cooling efficiencies and predicted spectra of species of the Io plasma torus

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Mar 1980

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1980apj...236.1043s&link_type=abstract

Astrophysical Journal, Part 1, vol. 236, Mar. 15, 1980, p. 1043-1054.

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Cosmic Plasma, Io, Plasma Temperature, Radiative Heat Transfer, Toroidal Plasmas, Atomic Spectra, Electron Energy, Emission Spectra, Line Spectra, Plasma Density, Ubv Spectra, Voyager Project

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Calculations of the physical condition of the Io plasma torus have been made based on the recent Voyager EUV observations. The calculations represent an assumed thin plasma collisional ionization equilibrium among the states within each species. The observations of the torus are all consistent with this condition. The major energy loss mechanism is radiative cooling in discrete transitions. Calculations of radiative cooling efficiencies of the identified species leads to an estimated energy loss rate of at least 1.5 x 10 to the 12th watts. The mean electron temperature and density of the plasma are estimated to be 100,000 K and 2100/cu cm. The estimated number densities of S III, S IV, and O III are roughly 95, 80, and 190-740/cu cm. Upper limits have been placed on a number of other species based on the first published Voyager EUV spectrum of the torus. The assumption that energy is supplied to the torus through injection of neutral particles from Io leads to the conclusion that ion loss rates are controlled by diffusion, and relative species abundances consequently are not controlled by collisional ionization equilibrium.

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