Comparative X-ray planetary aurorae: physical processes and diagnostic potential

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Oct 2011

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EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2011, held 2-7 October 2011 in Nantes, France. http://meetings.copernicus.org/epsc-dps2011, p.38

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This talk reviews observations of planetary X-ray aurorae carried out over the last decade by the two major orbiting X-ray observatory missions, XMMNewton and Chandra. Particular emphasis is given to the interpretation of the physical processes leading to the X-ray production (e.g. ionic charge exchange and electron bremsstrahlung) and to the diagnostic potential of the X-ray data, in exploring the dynamics of the charged particles involved, their origin and the magnetic environment in which they radiate. Focus of the talk are the X-ray aurorae of Jupiter and Earth, their similarities and differences; the lack of detection of X-ray aurorae on Saturn is also examined, as well as the feasibility of observing them on Uranus and Neptune.

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