Distributions of current and auroral precipitation in Jupiter's middle magnetosphere computed from steady-state Hill-Pontius angular velocity profiles: Solutions for current sheet and dipole magnetic field models

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 50, Issue 7-8, 2002, Pages 717-734

  Cowley, S W H ^a   Nichols, J D ^a   Bunce, E J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Jupiter's auroras; Jupiter's magnetosphere; Jupiter's middle magnetosphere; Magnetosphere ionosphere interactions

Indexed keywords

CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ELECTRONS; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOSPHERE;

STEADY-STATE THEORY;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 0036622523     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-0633(02)00046-6     Document Type: Article

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