Two classes of models for temporal variability of the Io torus

Details Two classes of models for temporal variability of the Io torus Two classes of models for temporal variability of the Io torus

Nov 1988

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Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 93, Nov. 1, 1988, p. 12751-12760. Research supported by NASA.

Physics

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Io, Ion Density (Concentration), Jupiter Atmosphere, Jupiter Satellites, Space Plasmas, Energetic Particles, Planetary Magnetospheres, Toroidal Plasmas, Voyager Project

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Two classes of spatially uniform models for the Io torus are analyzed for the stability and temporal variability of the torus. It is shown that stable-equilibrium torus models exist in two classes of models, one with nonlinear radial transport loss of plasma (e.g., from centrifugally driven interchanges) and one with linear transport (e.g., from externally driven interchanges). The two classes of models make substantially different predictions regarding temporal variability of the Io torus. Observational tests are proposed that make it possible to discriminate between the two classes.

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