Two-dimensional model of a slow-mode expansion fan at Io

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Nov 1991

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1991georl..18.1947k&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters (ISSN 0094-8276), vol. 18, Nov. 1991, p. 1947-1950.

Physics

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Io, Jupiter (Planet), Magnetohydrodynamic Flow, Planetary Magnetic Fields, Planetary Magnetospheres, Shock Waves, Flow Velocity, Leading Edges, Magnetic Disturbances, Two Dimensional Models

Scientific paper

A 2D model for the standing slow-mode expansion fan that is expected to exist downstream of the Jovian moon Io is developed. The leading edge of the expansion fan makes an angle of 45 deg with the upstream magnetic field direction, and the fan width is about 114 deg. The plasma flow returns to its upstream direction by way of a slow-mode shock behind Io where the MHD parameters return asymptotically to their upstream conditions. The magnetic field perturbation within the fan is much smaller than that associated with the Alfven wing, which lies farther upstream.

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