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Yoshioka K, Murakami G, Yamazaki A, Tsuchiya F, Kimura T, Kagitani M, Sakanoi T, Uemizu K, Kasaba Y, Yoshikawa I, Fujimoto M. Evidence for global electron transportation into the jovian inner magnetosphere. Science 2014; 345:1581-4. [PMID: 25258073 DOI: 10.1126/science.1256259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
Abstract
Jupiter's magnetosphere is a strong particle accelerator that contains ultrarelativistic electrons in its inner part. They are thought to be accelerated by whistler-mode waves excited by anisotropic hot electrons (>10 kiloelectron volts) injected from the outer magnetosphere. However, electron transportation in the inner magnetosphere is not well understood. By analyzing the extreme ultraviolet line emission from the inner magnetosphere, we show evidence for global inward transport of flux tubes containing hot plasma. High-spectral-resolution scanning observations of the Io plasma torus in the inner magnetosphere enable us to generate radial profiles of the hot electron fraction. It gradually decreases with decreasing radial distance, despite the short collisional time scale that should thermalize them rapidly. This indicates a fast and continuous resupply of hot electrons responsible for exciting the whistler-mode waves.
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- K Yoshioka
- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara, Japan.
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara, Japan
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- Planetary Plasma and Atmospheric Research Center, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara, Japan
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- Planetary Plasma and Atmospheric Research Center, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Planetary Plasma and Atmospheric Research Center, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara, Japan. National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Mitaka, Japan
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- Department of Geophysics, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Earth and Planetary Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara, Japan. Earth-Life Science Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
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Mauk B, Bagenal F. Comparative Auroral Physics: Earth and Other Planets. GEOPHYSICAL MONOGRAPH SERIES 2013. [DOI: 10.1029/2011gm001192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/05/2022]
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Ray LC, Ergun RE, Delamere PA, Bagenal F. Magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling at Jupiter: Effect of field-aligned potentials on angular momentum transport. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010. [DOI: 10.1029/2010ja015423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- L. C. Ray
- Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics; University of Colorado at Boulder; Boulder Colorado USA
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- Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics; University of Colorado at Boulder; Boulder Colorado USA
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- Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics; University of Colorado at Boulder; Boulder Colorado USA
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- Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics; University of Colorado at Boulder; Boulder Colorado USA
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Masters A, Achilleos N, Kivelson MG, Sergis N, Dougherty MK, Thomsen MF, Arridge CS, Krimigis SM, McAndrews HJ, Kanani SJ, Krupp N, Coates AJ. Cassini observations of a Kelvin-Helmholtz vortex in Saturn's outer magnetosphere. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010. [DOI: 10.1029/2010ja015351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- A. Masters
- Space and Atmospheric Physics Group, Blackett Laboratory; Imperial College London; London UK
- Mullard Space Science Laboratory, Department of Space and Climate Physics; University College London; Dorking UK
- Center for Planetary Sciences; University College London; London UK
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- Center for Planetary Sciences; University College London; London UK
- Atmospheric Physics Laboratory, Department of Physics and Astronomy; University College London; London UK
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- Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics; University of California; Los Angeles California USA
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- Office of Space Research and Technology; Academy of Athens; Athens Greece
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- Space and Atmospheric Physics Group, Blackett Laboratory; Imperial College London; London UK
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- Space Science and Applications; Los Alamos National Laboratory; Los Alamos New Mexico USA
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- Mullard Space Science Laboratory, Department of Space and Climate Physics; University College London; Dorking UK
- Center for Planetary Sciences; University College London; London UK
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- Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory; Laurel Maryland USA
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- Space Science and Applications; Los Alamos National Laboratory; Los Alamos New Mexico USA
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- Mullard Space Science Laboratory, Department of Space and Climate Physics; University College London; Dorking UK
- Center for Planetary Sciences; University College London; London UK
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung; Katlenburg-Lindau Germany
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- Mullard Space Science Laboratory, Department of Space and Climate Physics; University College London; Dorking UK
- Center for Planetary Sciences; University College London; London UK
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Carbary JF, Mitchell DG, Brandt P, Roelof EC, Krimigis SM. Track analysis of energetic neutral atom blobs at Saturn. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008. [DOI: 10.1029/2007ja012708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- J. F. Carbary
- Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory; Laurel Maryland USA
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- Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory; Laurel Maryland USA
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- Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory; Laurel Maryland USA
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- Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory; Laurel Maryland USA
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- Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory; Laurel Maryland USA
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Gustin J. Energy-flux relationship in the FUV Jovian aurora deduced from HST-STIS spectral observations. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004. [DOI: 10.1029/2003ja010365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Gérard JC. Spectral observations of transient features in the FUV Jovian polar aurora. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2003. [DOI: 10.1029/2003ja009901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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