Physics
Scientific paper
Dec 1989
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1989georl..16.1465v&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters (ISSN 0094-8276), vol. 16, Dec. 1989, p. 1465-1468.
Physics
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Jupiter Atmosphere, Magnetic Flux, Planetary Magnetospheres, Plasma Drift, Thermal Energy, Energy Spectra, Vortices, Voyager Project
Scientific paper
Consideration is given to the interpretation of Voyager plasma measurements in the inner magnetosphere of Jupiter proposed by Richardson and McNutt (1987), focusing on the problem of diffusion driven by randomly fluctuating interchange motions. It is shown that the maximum spatial scale over which the coherence of flux tube motion and, hence, the constancy of flux tube content, is maintained during diffusive transport is much smaller than the typical eddy size. The density variations are smoothed out by energy-dependent guiding center drifts. Thus, the absence of fine-grained density fluctuations in the Voyager plasma observations is explained by smoothing from gradient drifts.
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