Source of O mode radio emissions from the dayside of Uranus

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Sep 1990

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1990jgr....9515263m&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 95, Sept. 1, 1990, p. 15263-15267.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Planetary Magnetospheres, Plasma Density, Radio Astronomy, Radio Emission, Uranus (Planet), Voyager 2 Spacecraft, Cyclotrons, Electron Plasma, Free Energy, Gyrofrequency, Magnetic Fields, Magnetic Poles

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During the inbound trajectory toward Uranus, the Planetary Radio Astronomy instrument on Voyager 2 observed narrow-band smooth (n-smooth) emission at frequencies centered near 60 kHz and O-mode emission (the dayside source) in a frequency range narrowly confined around 160 kHz. Assuming empirical models of the plasma density for the dayside magnetosphere of Uranus, and using cold plasma theory together with observational constraints, ray-tracing calculations are performed to determine the source location of the O-mode emission. The dayside source appears to originate along magnetic field lines with a footprint near the north magnetic pole. Sources of nightside high-frequency broadband smooth (b-smooth) emission observed by Voyager after encounter are believed to exist near the conjugate footprint of these same field lines. This would indicate that the particle population supplying the free energy source has energies at least as high as a few keV.

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