Energetic particles and acceleration regions over Jupiter's polar cap and main aurora: A broad overview

BH Mauk, G Clark, GR Gladstone… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Previous Juno mission event studies revealed powerful electron and ion acceleration, to
100s of kiloelectron volts and higher, at low altitudes over Jupiter's main aurora and polar …

Kinetic Alfvén waves and auroral particle acceleration: A review

RL Lysak - Reviews of Modern Plasma Physics, 2023 - Springer
Shear mode Alfvén waves are the carriers of field-aligned currents in the auroral zones of
Earth and other planets. These waves travel along the magnetic field lines, coupling the …

Drifting discrete Jovian radio bursts reveal acceleration processes related to Ganymede and the main aurora

E Mauduit, P Zarka, L Lamy, SLG Hess - Nature Communications, 2023 - nature.com
Radio detection at high time-frequency resolutions is a powerful means of remotely studying
electron acceleration processes. Radio bursts have characteristics (polarization, drift …

Wave‐particle interaction of Alfvén waves in Jupiter's magnetosphere: Auroral and magnetospheric particle acceleration

J Saur, S Janser, A Schreiner, G Clark… - Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
We investigate spatial and temporal scales at which wave‐particle interaction of Alfvén
waves occurs in Jupiter's magnetosphere. We consider electrons, protons, and oxygen ions …

On the relation between auroral morphologies and compression conditions of Jupiter's magnetopause: Observations from Juno and the Hubble Space Telescope

ZH Yao, B Bonfond, D Grodent, E Chané… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Jupiter displays the most powerful auroral emissions in our solar system, which result from
strong energy dissipation in Jupiter's surrounding space environment. Although mass and …

Jupiter's low‐altitude auroral zones: Fields, particles, plasma waves, and density depletions

AH Sulaiman, BH Mauk, JR Szalay… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The Juno spacecraft's polar orbits have enabled direct sampling of Jupiter's low‐altitude
auroral field lines. While various data sets have identified unique features over Jupiter's …

Wave‐particle interactions associated with Io's auroral footprint: Evidence of Alfvén, ion cyclotron, and whistler modes

AH Sulaiman, GB Hospodarsky… - Geophysical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The electrodynamic coupling between Io and Jupiter gives rise to wave‐particle interactions
across multiple spatial scales. Here we report observations during Juno's 12th perijove (PJ) …

Jovian auroral electron precipitation budget—A statistical analysis of diffuse, mono‐energetic, and broadband auroral electron distributions

A Salveter, J Saur, G Clark… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Recent observations by the Juno spacecraft have shown that electrons contributing to
Jupiter's main auroral emission appear to be frequently characterized by broadband …

Birkeland currents in Jupiter's magnetosphere observed by the polar-orbiting Juno spacecraft

S Kotsiaros, JEP Connerney, G Clark, F Allegrini… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
The exchange of energy and momentum between the Earth's upper atmosphere and
ionosphere, and its space environment (magnetosphere) is regulated by electric currents …

Alfvénic fluctuations associated with Jupiter's auroral emissions

DJ Gershman, JEP Connerney… - Geophysical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The Alfvén wave mode transmits field‐aligned currents and large‐scale turbulence
throughout Jupiter's magnetosphere. Magnetometer data from the Juno spacecraft have …