A convected kappa distribution model for hot ions in the Jovian magnetodisc

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Jul 1992

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Geophysical Research Letters (ISSN 0094-8276), vol. 19, no. 14, July 24, 1992, p. 1435-1438. Research supported by NASA.

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High Temperature Plasmas, Ion Distribution, Jupiter Atmosphere, Neutral Sheets, Planetary Magnetospheres, Angular Momentum, Radiative Transfer

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Hot ion angular anisotropies measured by the Low Energy Charged Particle (LECP) instrument during the Voyager 2 encounter with the Jovian dayside outer magnetosphere (60-30 RJ) have been fitted to a 2 species convected kappa distribution function using a nonlinear least squares technique. The resulting parameters are well constrained by the data. The heavy ion species was assumed to be either sulfur or oxygen of unknown charge. The light species was assumed to be protons. The bulk flow speeds deduced from the model were found, contrary to some theories, to increase with increasing radial distance from Jupiter within the radial region addressed, remaining a substantial fraction (0.6) of the rigid corotation speed. Agreement with the averaged Voyager Plasma Science results was obtained near 30 RJ. The core Maxwellian temperature of the heavy ion distribution functions (30-100 keV) increased with increasing radial distance, following the trend anticipated from the corotation pickup of heavy ions. The proton temperature (20 keV) remained nearly constant.

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