Physics
Scientific paper
May 1983
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1983jgr....88.3936c&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 88, May 1, 1983, p. 3936-3944.
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Energy Dissipation, Io, Ion Density (Concentration), Voyager 1 Spacecraft, Charge Exchange, Diffusion Coefficient, Energetic Particles, Jupiter Atmosphere, Rates (Per Time), Jupiter, Satellites, Io, Orbits, Ions, Charged Particles, Phases, Low Energy Charged Particle Experiment, Lecp, Voyager 1, Transport, Flux, Plasma Torus, Diffusion, Density, Scattering, Comparisons, Distributions
Scientific paper
The interactions between Io and the Jovian particle population have been of considerable interest ever since the discovery that Io modulates Jupiter's decametric radiation. Voyager 1 observations established that a plasma torus around Io dominates the mass and energy budgets of the Jovian magnetosphere. This torus must then play a central role in the particle loss process around Io. The present investigation provides a picture for particle transport and energetic ion losses near Io's orbit which considers both low energy plasma data and energetic ion data. The approximate match between the energy needed to power the Jovian UV aurora and the 'missing' energy of the low energy charged particle (LECP) measured ions is consistent with the concept that significant precipitation of energetic ions into the Jovian atmosphere can maintain the Jovian aurora.
Armstrong Thomas P.
Cheng Andrew F.
Lanzerotti Louis J.
Maclennan Carol G.
Paonessa M. T.
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