Physics
Scientific paper
Jun 2006
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2006jgra..11106211s&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research, Volume 111, Issue A6, CiteID A06211
Physics
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Magnetospheric Physics: Magnetosphere/Ionosphere Interactions (2431), Magnetospheric Physics: Planetary Magnetospheres (5443, 5737, 6033), Magnetospheric Physics: Numerical Modeling, Planetary Sciences: Fluid Planets: Aurorae, Planetary Sciences: Fluid Planets: Interactions With Particles And Fields
Scientific paper
A linear, one-dimensional gyrofluid code has been used to determine the characteristics of propagating Alfvén waves and the ionospheric Alfvén resonator on a Jupiter-Io flux tube. This model includes electron inertia, electron pressure gradient, and finite ion gyroradius effects, as well as the displacement current correction to prevent the Alfvén velocity from exceeding the speed of light. A quasi-steady Vlasov code provides realistic density profiles along the flux tube as input parameters for the gyrofluid model. In this paper, we demonstrate that the majority of the wave energy from an initial pulse with a long wavelength (~0.1 RJ) is unable to reach Jupiter's ionosphere without wave breaking, phase mixing, and/or other nonlinear processes; however, a significant energy flux may be transferred via high-frequency, small-wavelength waves to the ionosphere. The waves that reach the ionosphere stimulate an ionospheric Alfvén resonator which is generated between the ionospheric boundary and the first velocity peak of the Alfvén phase speed. The ionospheric density and scale height play important roles to determine the resonant frequency. The eigenfrequency decreases with increasing scale height and with increasing ionospheric density. The fundamental frequency and higher harmonics of the Alfvén resonator are comparable to the observed reoccurring frequency of S bursts between a few and hundreds of Hz. On the basis of this information, we suggest the Alfvén resonator as the likely driver explaining multiple occurrences of S bursts.
Bagenal Fran
Delamere Peter A.
Ergun Robert E.
Jones Tim S.
Lysak Robert L.
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