Continuum radiation in planetary magnetospheres

Details Continuum radiation in planetary magnetospheres Continuum radiation in planetary magnetospheres

Dec 1991

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1991stin...9219056k&link_type=abstract

Presented at the 3d International Workshop on Radio Emissions from Planetary Magnetospheres, Graz, Austria, 2-4 Sep. 1991

Computer Science

Continuous Spectra, Cyclotron Radiation, Electrostatic Waves, Nonthermal Radiation, Planetary Magnetospheres, Radio Emission, Radio Waves, Jupiter (Planet), Masers, Neptune (Planet), Nonlinearity, Saturn (Planet), Uranus (Planet)

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With the completion of the Voyager tour of the outer planets, radio and plasma wave instruments have executed the first survey of the wave spectra of Earth, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. One of the most notable conclusions of this survey is that there is a great deal of qualitative similarity in both the plasma wave and radio wave spectra from one magnetosphere to the next. In particular, in spite of detailed differences, most of the radio emissions at each of the planets have been tentatively classified into two primary categories. First, the most intense emissions are generally associated with the cyclotron maser instability. Second, a class of weaker emissions can be found at each of the magnetospheres which appears to be the result of conversion from intense electrostatic emissions at the upper hybrid resonance frequency into (primarily) ordinary mode radio emission. It is this second category, often referred to as nonthermal continuum radiation, which we will discuss in this review. We review the characteristics of the continuum spectrum at each of the planets, discuss the source region and direct observations of the generation of the emissions where available, and briefly describe the theories for the generation of the emissions. Over the past few years evidence has increased that the linear mode conversion of electrostatic waves into the ordinary mode can account for at least some of the continuum radiation observed. There is no definitive evidence which precludes the possibility that a nonlinear mechanism may also be important.

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