Publication Date:
2011-08-16
Description:
Using Euler potentials, we construct a class of axisymmetric magnetic field models that exhibit the general features of the dayside Jovian field as observed by Pioneers 10 and 11. The particular model used for illustration contains a distended, disk-like field along the equator, a blunt, earth-like magnetosphere boundary, and the possibility of multiple trapping regions along a field line. The self-consistent ring current is calculated, together with representative drift periods for energetic particles.
Keywords:
LUNAR AND PLANETARY EXPLORATION
Type:
Geophysical Research Letters; 2; July 197
Format:
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