Statics of the nightside Jovian plasma sheet

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Oct 1980

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1980georl...7..817l&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 7, Oct. 1980, p. 817-820.

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Energetic Particles, Jupiter Atmosphere, Planetary Magnetic Fields, Plasma Composition, Plasma Layers, Angular Distribution, Charged Particles, Plasma Probes, Voyager 2 Spacecraft, Jupiter, Plasma Sheets, Nightside, Analysis, Data, Lecp, Voyager 2, Magnetic Fields, Distance, Ions, Energy, Density, Motion, Lempa, Lept, Corotation, Observations, Intensity

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Data are analyzed from the low energy charged particle (LECP) and magnetic field (MAG) experiments on the Voyager 2 spacecraft that demonstrate that the configuration of the Jovian plasma sheet at distances of about .80 to about 120 Jupiter radii is determined by ions (protons and heavier nuclei) of energies greater than approximately 30 keV. The energy densities of these ions are sufficient to provide the diamagnetic depressions in the magnetic field strengths observed as the spacecraft crossed the Jovian plasma sheet. The particle bulk direction of motion is predominantly across the local magnetic field, consistent with that expected from corotation of the planetary magnetic field.

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