Implications of Jovian X-ray emission for magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A12, 2003, Pages

  Cravens, T E ^a   Waite, J H ^b   Gombosi, T I ^b   Lugaz, N ^b   Gladstone, G R ^c   Mauk, B H ^d   MacDowall, R J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Field aligned currents; Ion acceleration; Jovian aurora; Jovian magnetosphere; Planetary magnetospheres; X rays

Indexed keywords

EID: 41749096317     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JA010050     Document Type: Article

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