Detection of Bernstein wave forbidden bands in the Jovian magnetosphere: A new way to measure the electron density

Details Detection of Bernstein wave forbidden bands in the Jovian magnetosphere: A new way to measure the electron density Detection of Bernstein wave forbidden bands in the Jovian magnetosphere: A new way to measure the electron density

Feb 1997

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1997jgr...102.2373m&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research, Volume 102, Issue A2, p. 2373-2380

Physics

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Magnetospheric Physics: Planetary Magnetospheres, Magnetospheric Physics: Plasma Waves And Instabilities, Planetology: Fluid Planets: Interactions With Particles And Fields, Planetology: Solar System Objects: Jupiter

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We analyze the power spectra measured by the radio receiver of the Unified Radio and Plasma Wave experiment on Ulysses during its passage through the Jovian inner magnetosphere from ~9RJ in the outskirts of the Io plasma torus to ~13RJ near the plasma sheet. Below the plasma frequency fp, these spectra are weakly banded between gyroharmonics. These observations were interpreted by Meyer-Vernet et al. [1993] as quasi-thermal fluctuations in Bernstein waves. We show that above fp each observed gyroharmonic band falls off very abruptly on its high-frequency side. We interpret it as the ``forbidden band'' predicted by the Bernstein wave dispersion equation between the so-called fQ frequency and the consecutive gyroharmonic, that is, a region where no Bernstein wave can propagate. This allows a determination of the local cold plasma frequency and thus of the core electron density with a ~16% uncertainty. As a consistency check, we show that the fQ thus determined are very close to the frequencies of the resonances excited by the relaxation sounder on Ulysses.

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