Comment on the observed plasma densities in Jupiter's distant magnetotail (wake); a possible explanation

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Jan 1983

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Jupiter (Planet), Planetary Magnetospheres, Plasma Density, Interplanetary Magnetic Fields, Magnetohydrodynamic Waves, Rotating Plasmas, Solar Wind, Solar Wind Velocity

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The averaged plasma density observed by Voyager 2 inside the distant Jovian magnetotail is discussed. The relatively high tail plasma density indicates that the tail cavity is continuously supplied by solar wind leaking through the tail boundary. It is shown that this can explain the observed density in the tail cavity if the tail boundary is a rotational discontinuity. Plasma transport through a lateral element of tail boundary is determined by the local Alfven velocity corresponding to the interconnecting normal component of the interplanetary magnetic field and by the local solar wind density.

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