Plasma Composition in Jupiter's Magnetosphere: Initial Results from the Solar Wind Ion Composition Spectrometer

The ion composition in the Jovian environment was investigated with the Solar Wind Ion Composition Spectrometer on board Ulysses. A hot tenuous plasma was observed throughout the outer and middle magnetosphere. In some regions two thermally different components were identified. Oxygen and sulfur ion...

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Veröffentlicht in:Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 1992-09, Vol.257 (5076), p.1535-1539
Hauptverfasser: Geiss, J., Gloeckler, G., Balsiger, H., Fisk, L. A., Galvin, A. B., Gliem, F., Hamilton, D. C., Ipavich, F. M., Livi, S., Mall, U., Ogilvie, K. W., von Steiger, R., Wilken, B.
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Zusammenfassung:The ion composition in the Jovian environment was investigated with the Solar Wind Ion Composition Spectrometer on board Ulysses. A hot tenuous plasma was observed throughout the outer and middle magnetosphere. In some regions two thermally different components were identified. Oxygen and sulfur ions with several different charge states, from the volcanic satellite lo, make the largest contribution to the mass density of the hot plasma, even at high latitude. Solar wind particles were observed in all regions investigated. Ions from Jupiter's ionosphere were abundant in the middle magnetosphere, particularly in the high-latitude region on the dusk side, which was traversed for the first time.
ISSN:0036-8075
1095-9203
DOI:10.1126/science.257.5076.1535