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Abstract

GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, VOL. 29, 1736, 4 PP., 2002
doi:10.1029/2001GL014290

Leakage of energetic particles from Jupiter's dusk magnetosphere: Dual spacecraft observations

N. Krupp

Max-Planck-Institut für Aeronomie, Katlenburg-Lindau, Germa

J. Woch

Max-Planck-Institut für Aeronomie, Katlenburg-Lindau, Germa

A. Lagg

Max-Planck-Institut für Aeronomie, Katlenburg-Lindau, Germa

S. A. Espinosa

Max-Planck-Institut für Aeronomie, Katlenburg-Lindau, Germa

S. Livi

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Maryland, U

S. M. Krimigis

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Maryland, U

D. G. Mitchell

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Maryland, U

D. J. Williams

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Maryland, U

A. F. Cheng

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Maryland, U

B. H. Mauk

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Maryland, U

R. W. McEntire

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Maryland, U

T. P. Armstrong

Fundamental Technology, Lawrence, Kansas U

D. C. Hamilton

University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, U

G. Gloeckler

University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, U

J. Dandouras

Centre d'Etude Spatiale des Rayonnement, CNRS/Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France

L. J. Lanzerotti

Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technology, Murray Hill, New Jersey, USA

For the first time, two spacecraft, Galileo and Cassini, observed Jupiter's magnetosphere simultaneously for nearly half a year between October 2000 and March 2001. This provided an unprecedented opportunity to disentangle spatial and temporal aspects of the dynamics of the Jovian magnetosphere. In this paper we report new results on the source of the leakage of energetic particles (electrons with energy 15 keV to several MeV and ions with energy > 30 keV) from the dusk side of the magnetosphere. The dual spacecraft measurements show clearly that magnetospheric particles leak directly into the interplanetary medium from the closed magnetosphere, and are the source for the “upstream” particle events [ Baker et al., 1996 ; Zwickl et al., 1981 ; Krimigis, 1992 ; Haggerty and Armstrong, 1999 ; Anagnostopoulos et al., 1998 ] that have been reported from instruments during prior single spacecraft encounters with the planet. These events, consisting of high-energy particles of Jovian origin, have been observed throughout the heliosphere [ Baker and Van Allen, 1976 ] and their propagation has recently been modelled [ Fichtner et al., 2000 ; Ferreira et al., 2001 ]. Jupiter then is an important contributor to the interplanetary charged particle fluxes, especially within an astronomical unit of the planet.

Published 13 August 2002.

Citation: Krupp, N., et al. (2002), Leakage of energetic particles from Jupiter's dusk magnetosphere: Dual spacecraft observations, Geophys. Res. Lett., 29(15), 1736, doi:10.1029/2001GL014290.

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