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Energetic electrons in Jupiter's dawn magnetodiscThe paper presents and analyzes absolute energy density data on electrons from the University of Iowa instrument on Pioneer 10 for one example of a plasma sheet traversal in Jupiter's dawn magnetodisk on 6-7 December 1973. The absolute integral omnidirectional intensity spectrum of electrons is based on a full and accurate reduction of the counting rate data. The main finding is that electrons of energy greater than 0.060 MeV provide only about 3% of the charged particle pressure required to explain the observed depression in the magnetic field at the center of the plasma sheet, in spite of the fact that the intensity of such electrons is well correlated with the depression of the magnetic pressure throughout the sheet.
Document ID
19790063345
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Van Allen, J. A.
(Iowa, University Iowa City, Iowa, United States)
Date Acquired
August 9, 2013
Publication Date
April 1, 1979
Publication Information
Publication: Geophysical Research Letters
Volume: 6
Subject Category
Lunar And Planetary Exploration
Report/Patent Number
AD-A072327
Accession Number
79A47358
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS2-6553
Distribution Limits
Public
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