Stochastic acceleration of energetic ions in Jupiter's magnetosphere

Details Stochastic acceleration of energetic ions in Jupiter's magnetosphere Stochastic acceleration of energetic ions in Jupiter's magnetosphere

Jan 1994

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1994jgr....9913509b&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 99, no. A7, p. 13,509-13,520

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Energetic Particles, Ion Distribution, Ion Injection, Jupiter (Planet), Magnetohydrodynamic Waves, Particle Acceleration, Particle Diffusion, Computerized Simulation, Oxygen Ions, Photoionization, Planetary Magnetospheres, Voyager 1977 Mission

Scientific paper

An equation governing the combined radial diffusion and stochastic acceleration of super-Alfvenic ions by magnetohydrodynamic waves in Jupiter's outer magnetosphere is derived. The formulation is based upon a total energy invariant of the adiabatic transport which applies to an isotropic distribution undergoing rapid pitch angle scattering by waves. An analytic solution to the double diffusion equation is obtained and numerical results are presented for two models of ion injection. The first model assumes S(+) and O(+) are injected throughout a broad region of space through photoionization of Jupiter's magnetospheric neutral wind and obtain an initial energy corresponding to the local corotation energy after pickup by the planetary magnetic field. The second model assumes a monoenergetic distribution of energetic protons is implanted in the middle magnetosphere by the action of field-aligned potential drops in Jupiter's auroral ionosphere. For both light and heavy ions the injection process creates a seed population of particles which are further accelerated nonadiabatically by the MHD waves and adiabatically through radial diffusion. A comparison of the theoretical results with a recent data analysis of Voyager low-energy charged particle measurements is made with very good agreement, thus providing a rigorous quantitative account of and definitive explanation for the high-energy ion component of Jupiter's magnetosphere.

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