Dispersion of electrostatic waves in the Io plasma torus and derived electron temperature

Details Dispersion of electrostatic waves in the Io plasma torus and derived electron temperature Dispersion of electrostatic waves in the Io plasma torus and derived electron temperature

Nov 1995

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1995jgr...10021697m&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research, Volume 100, Issue A11, p. 21697-21708

Physics

Plasma Physics

17

Radio Science: Waves In Plasma, Space Plasma Physics: Waves And Instabilities, Ionosphere: Plasma Temperature And Density, Magnetospheric Physics: Planetary Magnetospheres

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We present a detailed analysis of the set of radio spectra acquired during the Ulysses spacecraft passage through the outer part of the Io plasma torus (at ~8 RJ). Since Ulysses is the first spacecraft to explore the torus far from the equator and the onboard plasma analyzers were shut off, these wave data are the only ones providing an in situ plasma diagnostics outside the equatorial region. We present here two main results. First, by comparing the observed spin modulation of the signal measured between electron gyroharmonics to the theoretical modulation for electrostatic waves propagating roughly normal to B, we deduce experimental dispersion curves for these waves. These curves are very similar to Bernstein dispersion curves in a quasi-thermal plasma. Second, by fitting these theoretical dispersion relations to the experimental ones, we are able to deduce the core electron temperature with about 20% uncertainty when the density is measured independently. Otherwise, we can get a rough evaluation of both the density and the temperature. The corresponding latitudinal variation of these parameters is analyzed in a related paper (N. Meyer-Vernet, M. Moncuquet, and S. Hoang, 1995).

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