Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Sep 1986
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1986icar...67..520s&link_type=abstract
Icarus (ISSN 0019-1035), vol. 67, Sept. 1986, p. 520-524.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Astronomical Models, High Temperature Plasmas, Io, Plasma Diffusion, Toroidal Plasmas, Plasma Density
Scientific paper
Using data derived from Earth-based measurements of the Io plasma torus, J. T. Trauger (1984), has recently detected a distinct and sharply defined component of the hot inner torus which he describes as "ribbon-like" in structure. The authors identify this plasma ribbon as the source of density fluctuations which drive outward plasma diffusion in a linearized convection model. The model yields simple expressions involving the thickness of the source ring, a linear dimension of the convection cells, and the exponent in the power law in zenocentric radius which the plasma density satisfies in the source ring. It is found that the model is consistent with Trauger's data.
Siscoe George L.
Summers Donald
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