Comment on 'Bremsstrahlung X rays from Jovian auroral electrons' by D.D. Barbosa

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Nov 1991

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1991jgr....9619529w&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 96, Nov. 1, 1991, p. 19,529-19,532; Author's Reply, p. 19,533, 19,534. Re

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Auroral Zones, Bremsstrahlung, Electron Precipitation, Jupiter Atmosphere, X Ray Sources, Electron Energy, Radiation Counters, Remote Sensing

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Calculations are presented showing that the suggestion of Barbosa (1990) that electron bremsstrahlung is the most likely source of the auroral X-ray emission that has been observed at Jupiter is flawed. This is because the Barbosa's hypothesis ignores the constraint that the primary electron distribution parameters place on the parameters for the secondary electron distribution. As a result, the secondary electron fluxes postulated by Barbosa are over 3 orders of magnitude greater than the theory of auroral electrons permits.

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