Maps of Jovian radio emission

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Oct 1977

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1977lunl.rept.....d&link_type=abstract

Final Technical Report, 1 Oct. 1976 - 1 Oct. 1977 Leiden Univ. (Netherlands).

Physics

Jupiter (Planet), Radio Emission, Thermal Mapping, Nonthermal Radiation, Radiation Belts, Radio Interferometers, Radio Telescopes, Synchrotron Radiation

Scientific paper

Observations were made of Jupiter with the Westerbork telescope at all three frequencies available: 610 MHz, 1415 MHz, and 4995 MHz. The raw measurements were corrected for position errors, atmospheric extinction, Faraday rotation, clock, frequency, and baseline errors, and errors due to a shadowing effect. The data was then converted into brightness distribution of the sky by Fourier transformation. Maps of both thermal and nonthermal radiation were developed. Results indicate that the thermal disk of Jupiter measured at a wavelength of 6 cm has a temperature of 236 + or - 15 K. The radiation belts have an overall structure governed by the trapping of electrons in the dipolar field of the planet with significant beaming of the synchrotron radiation into the plane of the magnetic equator.

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