Physics
Scientific paper
Apr 1977
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1977jgr....82.1641s&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 82, Apr. 1, 1977, p. 1641-1645.
Physics
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Galilean Satellites, Ion Distribution, Jupiter Atmosphere, Magnetic Equator, Planetary Magnetospheres, Velocity Distribution, Callisto, Io, Ion Temperature, Ionic Diffusion, Magnetic Control, Magnetic Mirrors, Photoionization
Scientific paper
Configuration and velocity space distributions of ions originating in the neutral particle rings of Galilean satellites are derived under the assumption of radial transport by flux tube interchange diffusion with constant first and second adiabatic invariants. In configuration space the ions are confined to a constant thickness disc at Jovicentric distances beyond the satellite. At interior distances the ions are confined to an approximately constant latitude conical disc. The ions occupy well-separated and characteristic regions in velocity space, the details of which are functions of Jovicentric distance. In general, at any distance the perpendicular and parallel components of the thermal velocity (relative to the common corotation velocity) of ions increase monotonically in the natural order from Io to Callisto.
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