Ion and electron angular distributions in the Io torus region of the Jovian magnetosphere

Details Ion and electron angular distributions in the Io torus region of the Jovian magnetosphere Ion and electron angular distributions in the Io torus region of the Jovian magnetosphere

Sep 1981

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1981jgr....86.8491l&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 86, Sept. 30, 1981, p. 8491-8496.

Physics

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Angular Distribution, Electron Distribution, Io, Ion Distribution, Jupiter Atmosphere, Particle Diffusion, Planetary Magnetospheres, Equatorial Regions, Ion Scattering, Planetary Orbits, Relativistic Particles, Time Dependence, Toroidal Plasmas, Jupiter, Magnetosphere, Ions, Electrons, Distribution, Satellites, Io, Plasma Torus, Voyager 1, Flux, Regions, Radial Distance, Time Dependency, Diffusion, Particles, Orbits, Scattering, Flux Tubes, Asymmetry, Waves, Analysis, Data, Injection, Hypotheses, Charged Pa

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Angular distributions are presented of ion (about 0.5-2 MeV) and electron (greater than 10 MeV) fluxes measured during the Voyager 1 spacecraft passage through the inner regions of the Jovian magnetosphere. In the regions of peak flux intensities, just outside the orbit of Io, the ion angular distributions are most sharply peaked at 90 deg local pitch angle, a configuration consistent with diffusion of the particles inward from large radial distances. Inside the orbit of Io the lower-energy ions exhibit angular distributions depleted at 90 deg local pitch angles, suggesting the possibility of charge-exchange scattering loss of these particles. In the vicinity of the Io flux tube, no significant effect is observed in the flux or pitch angle distributions of the ions. The relativistic electrons are depleted in the flux tube region and exhibit an asymmetrical pitch angle distribution, with more electrons appearing to arrive from the equatorial region (the direction of Io) than from the low-altitude mirror point.

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