Ion phase space densities in the Jovian magnetosphere

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Dec 1990

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1990jgr....9520833p&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 95, Dec. 1, 1990, p. 20833-20838.

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Jupiter Atmosphere, Magnetospheric Proton Density, Planetary Magnetospheres, Space Density, Auroras, Current Sheets, Particle Energy, Planetary Magnetic Fields

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The Voyager Low Energy Charged Particle ion data from the Jovian magnetosphere were analyzed to determine the phase-space densities of particles in the region between 5 and 80 Jupiter radii. Data from the Jovian current sheet crossings for locally mirroring particles were used. These are the first calculations of phase-space densities in the nondipolar field region containing the Jovian magnetodisk current sheet. The profiles are consistent with lossy inward radial transport and a source in the outer magnetosphere. The inferred loss rate in a radial diffusion model measuring how quickly particles are scattered out of the neutral sheet exceeds the usual strong diffusion loss rate.

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