Journal article
Slow-mode shock candidate in the Jovian magnetosheath
Planetary and space science, Vol.58(5), pp.807-813
04/01/2010
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2009.12.008
Abstract
We discuss some interesting plasma observations in the Jovian magnetosheath by the onboard plasma instruments of the Cassini spacecraft during the 2000–2001 Jupiter flyby. We propose that the observations are consistent with a slow-mode shock transition. In the terrestrial magnetosheath, a number of observations have been made that are consistent with slow-mode waves or shocks. In addition, a number of observations have established that, at least occasionally, slow-mode structures form at the plasma sheet-lobe boundary in the terrestrial magnetotail, related to X lines associated with reconnection. There has been only one previously reported observation of a slow-mode shock-like transition in the Jovian plasma environment. This observation was made in the dayside magnetosheath. The observation we report here was made well downstream of the magnetosphere in Jupiter’s magnetosheath, at local time ∼19:10. For our analysis we have used the data from the Cassini Plasma Spectrometer (CAPS) the Magnetospheric Imaging Instrument (MIMI) and the Magnetometer (MAG). The bow shock crossings observed by Cassini ranged downstream to −600
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Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Slow-mode shock candidate in the Jovian magnetosheath
- Creators
- Z. Bebesi - Max Planck Institute for Solar System ResearchK. Szego - Institute for Particle and Nuclear PhysicsA. Balogh - International Space Science InstituteN. Krupp - Max Planck Institute for Solar System ResearchG. Erdos - Institute for Particle and Nuclear PhysicsA.M. Rymer - Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics LaboratoryG.R. Lewis - Mullard Space Science Laboratory, Hombury St. Mary, UKW.S. Kurth - University of IowaD.T. Young - Southwest Research InstituteM.K. Dougherty - Imperial College London
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Planetary and space science, Vol.58(5), pp.807-813
- Publisher
- Elsevier Ltd
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.pss.2009.12.008
- ISSN
- 0032-0633
- eISSN
- 1873-5088
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 04/01/2010
- Academic Unit
- Physics and Astronomy
- Record Identifier
- 9984455552702771
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