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Plasma Wave and Particle Dynamics During Interchange Events in the Jovian Magnetosphere Using Juno Observations
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Plasma Wave and Particle Dynamics During Interchange Events in the Jovian Magnetosphere Using Juno Observations

A Daly, W Li, Q Ma, X‐C Shen, P Yoon, J Menietti, W Kurth, G Hospodarsky, B Mauk, G Clark, …
Geophysical research letters, Vol.50(23), e2023GL103894
12/01/2023
DOI: 10.1029/2023GL103894
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https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL103894View
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Abstract

Interchange instability is known to drive fast radial transport of particles in Jupiter's inner magnetosphere. Magnetic flux tubes associated with the interchange instability often coincide with changes in particle distributions and plasma waves, but further investigations are required to understand their detailed characteristics. We analyze representative interchange events observed by Juno, which exhibit intriguing features of particle distributions and plasma waves, including Z‐mode and whistler‐mode waves. These events occurred at an equatorial radial distance of ∼9 Jovian radii on the nightside, with Z‐mode waves observed at mid‐latitude and whistler‐mode waves near the equator. We calculate the linear growth rate of whistler‐mode and Z‐mode waves based on the observed plasma parameters and electron distributions and find that both waves can be locally generated within the interchanged flux tube. Our findings are important for understanding particle transport and generation of plasma waves in the magnetospheres of Jupiter and other planetary systems.
Cold plasmas Dense plasmas Energetic particles Equator Fluctuations Growth rate Instability Jupiter Jupiter probes Magnetic flux Mathematical analysis Particle dynamics Particle transport Planetary magnetospheres Planetary rotation Planetary systems Plasma Plasma waves Rotating plasmas Sediment transport Solar system Spacecraft Stability Tubes Waves Whistlers

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