Physics
Scientific paper
Jan 1976
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1976georl...3...33f&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 3, Jan. 1976, p. 33-36.
Physics
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Electron Scattering, Energy Dissipation, High Energy Electrons, Inner Radiation Belt, Jupiter Atmosphere, Pitch (Inclination), Planetary Radiation, Angular Distribution, Cerenkov Counters, Flyby Missions, Pioneer 10 Space Probe, Planetary Magnetospheres, Synchrotron Radiation
Scientific paper
Analysis of data from the Pioneer 10 flyby discloses that pitch angle scattering plays an important part in determining the distribution of energetic electrons in the inner magnetosphere of Jupiter. Angular distributions measured by a Cerenkov detector reveal that redistribution takes place in pitch angle. Additionally, the radial profile of phase space density along the equator demands simultaneous particle losses. The loss rates are too high to be accounted for by synchrotron radiation loss, but are reasonably attributed to pitch angle scattering into the planetary loss cone.
Fillius Walker
McIlwain Carl
Mogro-Campero Antonio
Steinberg Gero
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