Jupiter's radiation belt ions - A comparison of theory and observation

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Mar 1989

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1989georl..16..231s&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters (ISSN 0094-8276), vol. 16, March 1989, p. 231-234.

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Io, Ion Density (Concentration), Jupiter Atmosphere, Radiation Belts, Space Plasmas, Energetic Particles, Radial Distribution, Satellite Atmospheres, Voyager 1 Spacecraft, Jupiter, Radiation Belts, Theoretical Studies, Voyager 1 Mission, Ions, Spacecraft Observations, Lecp Instrument, Models, Calculations, Mass, Parameters, Flux Tube, Comparisons, Charged Particles, Density, Plasma, Io, Satellites

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Radial profiles are constructed for the Jovian radiation belt flux-tube content Y-asterisk from the reported phase-space density of energetic particles obtained from Voyager 1 data over the range L = 6 to L = 9. These experimental profiles are compared with theoretical solutions for Y-asterisk from an interchange-diffusion model of the coupled radiation belt and Iogenic ion populations. Subject to certain limitations of the Voyager 1 data, the model solutions are found to be consistent with the data for a variety of input parameters. Model solutions are also found corresponding to radiation belt ions that are expected to be mainly responsible for the auroral energy input. Comparison of the present theoretical profiles with the data implies that the energetic radiation belt ions should have a peak loss rate within a factor of three of that for strong diffusion scattering.

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