Nonlinear standing Alfven wave current system at Io - Theory

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Mar 1980

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1980jgr....85.1171n&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 85, Mar. 1, 1980, p. 1171-1178. Research supported by the Bundesministerium für Forschung

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Io, Ionospheric Currents, Jupiter Atmosphere, Magnetohydrodynamic Waves, Standing Waves, Atmospheric Models, Electric Dipoles, Nonlinear Systems, Planetary Magnetic Fields, Jupiter, Satellites, Io, Mathematical Models, Alfven Waves, Flow, Electric Currents, Magnetic Fields, Ionosphere, Boundary Layers, Electrodynamics, Analysis, Dipole, Characteristics, Data, Density, Amalthea, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto, Plasmas, Voyager 1, Conductivity, Radiation, Diffusion, Heating, Emissions, Latitudes, Decameter Waves,

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A nonlinear analytical model is presented of the Alfven current tubes continuing the currents through Io generated by the unipolar inductor effect due to Io's motion relative to the magnetospheric plasma. It was shown that: (1) the portion of the currents needing Io is aligned with the Alfven characteristics at a specific angle to the magnetic field for the special case of perpendicular flow; (2) the Alfven tubes act like an external conductance; (3) the Alfven tubes may be reflected from the torus boundary or the Jovian atmosphere; and (4) from the point of view of the electrodynamic interaction, Io is unique among the Jovian satellites because of its ionosphere arising from ionized volcanic gases and a high external Alfvenic conductance.

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