Physics
Scientific paper
Mar 1990
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1990georl..17..291m&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters (ISSN 0094-8276), vol. 17, March 1990, p. 291-294.
Physics
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Auroras, Electron Precipitation, Jupiter Atmosphere, Magnetospheric Electron Density, Planetary Magnetospheres, High Energy Electrons, Io, Particle Precipitation, Space Plasmas, Voyager 1 Spacecraft, Jupiter, Magnetosphere, Auroras, Electrons, Spacecraft Observations, Flux, Voyager 1 Mission, Pls Instrument, Plasma Torus, Heating, Plasma, Scattering, Spectra, Energetic Particles, Precipitation, Origin, Formation, Hypotheses, Lecp Instrument
Scientific paper
Localized enhancements in the flux of suprathermal electrons were observed by the Voyager 1 Plasma Science instrument near the outer boundary of the Io plasma torus between L = 7.5 and l = 10. This localization, which occurs within the general region of hot electrons noted by Sittler and Strobel (1987), and the spectral characteristics of the observed electrons are consistent with secondary (backscattered) electron production by intense Jovian auroral energetic particle precipitation and support the hypothesis that such electrons may contribute to the processes that heat the plasma in this region of the magnetosphere.
Bagenal Fran
Mansergh Thorne Richard
McNutt Ralph L.
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