Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Jan 2011
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011aas...21731805m&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #217, #318.05; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 43, 2011
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Scientific paper
The fact that Jupiter's radio emission is affected by the presence of its moon Io has been know for many years and extensively studied both observationally and theoretically. Since Io moves inside the Jovian magnetic field, its motion produces currents along the field lines that connect the moon to the Jupiter's polar regions, where the radio emission is modulated by the currents. It has been suggested that such modulation of planetary radio emission may reveal the presence of moons around giant planets in extrasolar planetary system. With the first indirect observational evidence for extrasolar planetary magnetic fields, and with the promise of detecting more such cases by the upcoming new observations, we seriously consider the idea and determine the required physical conditions for such detection to take place. The results of our study will be used to select the most promising candidates for detection of moons around giant planets in currently known extrasolar planetary systems.
Musielak Dora
Musielak Zdzislaw E.
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