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A new physical model of the electron radiation belts of Jupiter inside Europa’s orbit

Authors :
Angélica Sicard
S. Bourdarie
Quentin Nénon
ONERA - The French Aerospace Lab [Toulouse]
ONERA
Source :
Journal of Geophysical Research, Journal of Geophysical Research, American Geophysical Union, 2017, 122 (5), p. 5148-5167. ⟨10.1002/2017JA023893⟩
Publication Year :
2017
Publisher :
HAL CCSD, 2017.

Abstract

International audience; A new global physical model of the electron radiation belts of Jupiter inside the orbit of Europa is presented. It is an update of the Office National d'Etudes et de Recherches Aérospatiales model Salammbô proposed by Sicard and Bourdarie (2004) that now integrates a contribution of the wave-particle interaction above the orbit of Io. In addition, a revisited and more realistic boundary condition near Europa is implemented. The new Salammbô model is validated against the in situ flux measurements obtained by the Pioneer 10, Pioneer 11, and Voyager 1 missions. The role of the wave-particle interaction is discussed by investigating its effect on the predicted in situ fluxes. In particular, the interaction appears in our simulations as a strong pitch angle scattering process explaining the flux depletions intensities near the orbit of Io as well as the flux intensities near the spacecraft perijoves.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
01480227 and 21562202
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Journal of Geophysical Research, Journal of Geophysical Research, American Geophysical Union, 2017, 122 (5), p. 5148-5167. ⟨10.1002/2017JA023893⟩
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....d9688f85a7b6e37f397b37dc1fc238ff
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JA023893⟩