Plasma in the Jovian current sheet

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Jun 1979

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1979georl...6..495g&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 6, June 1979, p. 495-498.

Physics

Current Sheets, Jupiter Atmosphere, Planetary Magnetospheres, Rarefied Plasmas, Field Strength, Pioneer 10 Space Probe, Plasma Layers, Plasma Pressure, Protons, Plasmas, Jupiter, Current Sheet, Pioneer 10, Protons, Pressure, Ions, Energy, Spectrum, Thermal Properties, Magnetic Fields, Magnetohydrodynamics, Observations, Magnetosphere

Scientific paper

A large body of spectral data for protons with energies greater than 200 keV has been analyzed. It is concluded that the main body of plasma in the Jovian current sheet observed by Pioneer 10 on its outbound pass probably has an energy well below the lowest threshold of the Pioneer 10 detectors. This premise is examined using a semiempirical model of the magnetic field in the magnetodisk and simple magnetohydrodynamic theory. Results indicate that the dominant contribution to the plasma pressure in the region from 25 to 65 Jovian radii is from as yet unobserved protons (ions) with energies of the order of 0.1 to 10 keV.

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