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Magnetic field and particle pressure in the plasma sheet of JupiterThe results of an analysis of the energetic particle and magnetic field data acquired by the Voyager 2 spacecraft at distances of about 40-70 Jupiter radii on the nightside of the planet are reported. As in a previous study of similar data at distances of greater than about 80 Jupiter radii, the energy densities of ions (primarily protons) is found to be sufficient to provide the diamagnetic depressions measured in the magnetic field intensity as the spacecraft made successive encounters with the nightside plasma sheet. There is some evidence that the percent contribution of the protons to the energy balance decreases with increasing distance from the planet over this radial interval, although this conclusion is dependent upon the assumption that the proton and heavier ion (oxygen) energy spectra are similar.
Document ID
19880059340
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Proceedings
Authors
Lanzerotti, L. J.
(Bell Telephone Labs., Inc. Murray Hill, NJ, United States)
Maclennan, C. G.
(AT&T Bell Laboratories Murray Hill, NJ, United States)
Broughton, J. N.
(Calgary, University Canada)
Venkatesan, D.
(Calgary, University Canada; Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, MD, United States)
Lepping, R. P.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
August 13, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1987
Subject Category
Lunar And Planetary Exploration
Accession Number
88A46567
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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