The low energy plasma in the Jovian magnetosphere

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Jan 1980

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1980georl...7...17b&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 7, Jan. 1980, p. 17-20.

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Cold Plasmas, Jupiter Atmosphere, Magnetospheric Ion Density, Planetary Magnetospheres, Plasma Diagnostics, Positive Ions, Distribution Functions, Ion Distribution, Ion Temperature, Particle Acceleration, Voyager Project, Jupiter, Magnetosphere, Plasmas, Voyager 1, Voyager 2, Ions, Temperatures, Velocities, Low Energy Particle Experiment, Distance, Equipment, Energy, Distribution, Density, Spectrum, Corotation, Models, Analysis, Dynamics, Acceleration, Satellites, Io, Torus, Maxwell Distribution

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Measurements below 6 keV from the plasma science experiment on the Voyager spacecraft show that positive ions with temperatures as low as 30 eV to several keV are observed to distances at least as great as 40 Jupiter radii in the dayside Jovian magnetosphere. When velocity determinations are possible between 10 and 40 Jupiter radii, the plasma velocity component along the rigid corotation direction is found to be consistently less than the full corotation speed. Positive ion measurements above 28 keV from the low energy charged particle experiment on Voyager demonstrate the existence of positive ions with temperatures of 20-30 keV at all distances greater than 30 Jupiter radii. Taken together, these observations suggest that the low energy plasma population from 30 to at least 40 Jupiter radii frequently contains both a cold and a hot component. A two-component plasma of this nature may indicate different sources, acceleration mechanisms, or time histories for the disparate components. It may also be indicative of a single acceleration mechanism which is highly energy dependent.

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