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Instantaneous Io flux tube as the source of Jovian DAM - Possible second harmonic emissionsTo determine if the source of the Jovian Io-dependent DAM (decametric) emission is along the instantaneous Io flux tube (IIFT), the results of ray-tracing calculations are compared with radio emission data obtained by the Planetary Radio Astronomy instruments on Voyager 1 and 2. RX mode gyroemission at frequencies near the local gyrofrequency and sources along field lines within the active sector between 150 and 270 deg longitude are assumed. The results indicate good agreement with the observations if the source is within 20 deg of the IIFT, but the maximum gyrofrequency of the model magnetic field is smaller than the observed maximum frequency of the DAM for the assumed active field line. While errors in the magnetic-field model coupled with emission at large Doppler shift might explain this discrepancy, a more natural explanation is that the higher-frequency component of the DAM is due to second-harmonic gyroemission.
Document ID
19910034376
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Menietti, J. D.
(Southwest Research Inst. San Antonio, TX, United States)
Curran, D. B.
(Southwest Research Institute San Antonio, TX, United States)
Date Acquired
August 15, 2013
Publication Date
December 1, 1990
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of Geophysical Research
Volume: 95
ISSN: 0148-0227
Subject Category
Lunar And Planetary Exploration
Accession Number
91A18999
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAGW-1205
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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