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Investigation of Io's auroral hiss emissions due to its motion in Jupiter's magnetosphere

Moghimi, M. H ; Sharif University of Technology | 2012

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  1. Type of Document: Article
  2. DOI: 10.1088/1674-4527/12/6/009
  3. Publisher: 2012
  4. Abstract:
  5. The left-hand side of the auroral hiss emission observed by Galileo has a frequency time profile shaped very similar to the funnel shape observed in the Earth's auroral region. This close similarity indicates that we can use the theory of whistler-mode propagation near the resonance cone to locate the emission source. The general characteristics of the whistler mode are discussed. Then the position of the emission source is investigated using a geometrical method that takes into account the trajectory of Galileo. Initially a point source is assumed. Then the possibility of a sheet source aligned along the magnetic field lines which are tangent to the surface of Io is investigated. Both types of sources show that the whistler mode radiation originates very close to the surface of Io
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  7. Data analysis ; Detectors ; Magnetic fields ; Spectrographs
  8. Source: Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics ; Volume 12, Issue 6 , 2012 , Pages 693-702 ; 16744527 (ISSN)
  9. URL: http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1674-4527/12/6/009/meta;jsessionid=4B1DB3D390BB275A019516E01C161026.c2.iopscience.cld.iop.org