Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Jan 1987
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1987apj...312..475h&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 312, Jan. 1, 1987, p. 475-483.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
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Io, Jupiter Atmosphere, Magnetohydrodynamic Flow, Mass Transfer, Space Plasmas, Toroidal Plasmas, Earth Magnetosphere, Interstellar Magnetic Fields, Plasma Bubbles, Satellite Atmospheres, Jupiter, Satellites, Io, Injection, Mass, Magnetic Fields, Currents, Centrifugal Force, Plasma Torus, Transport, Density, Strength, Energy, Distance, Analysis, Magnetosphere, Calculations, Ions, Flux, Data, Diagrams, Perturbations, Structure
Scientific paper
The authors consider the magnetic field generated by the current needed to balance the centrifugal force on the Io torus plasma to find a self-consistent equation for radial mass transport. Solutions give plasma density and field strength as a function of distance for different mass transport rates. The authors subject these solutions to stability analyses to find where the field lines break forming a plasma bubble. The breaking point approaches Io as the plasma transport rate increases. At ≡3×1030atoms s-1 it reaches Io. This sets an upper limit on the magnetosphere's ability to off-load mass from Io.
Haung T. S.
Siscoe George L.
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