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Comparing Electron Energetics and UV Brightness in Jupiter's Northern Polar Region During Juno Perijove 5

We compare electron and UV observations mapping to the same location in Jupiter's northern polar region, poleward of the main aurora, during Juno perijove 5. Simultaneous peaks in UV brightness and electron energy flux are identified when observations map to the same location at the same time....

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Autores principales: Ebert, R. W., Greathouse, T. K., Clark, G., Allegrini, F., Bagenal, F., Bolton, S. J., Connerney, J. E. P., Gladstone, G. R., Imai, M., Hue, V., Kurth, W. S., Levin, S., Louarn, P., Mauk, B. H., McComas, D. J., Paranicas, C., Szalay, J. R., Thomsen, M. F., Valek, P. W., Wilson, R. J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6378591/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30828110
http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2018GL081129
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author Ebert, R. W.
Greathouse, T. K.
Clark, G.
Allegrini, F.
Bagenal, F.
Bolton, S. J.
Connerney, J. E. P.
Gladstone, G. R.
Imai, M.
Hue, V.
Kurth, W. S.
Levin, S.
Louarn, P.
Mauk, B. H.
McComas, D. J.
Paranicas, C.
Szalay, J. R.
Thomsen, M. F.
Valek, P. W.
Wilson, R. J.
author_facet Ebert, R. W.
Greathouse, T. K.
Clark, G.
Allegrini, F.
Bagenal, F.
Bolton, S. J.
Connerney, J. E. P.
Gladstone, G. R.
Imai, M.
Hue, V.
Kurth, W. S.
Levin, S.
Louarn, P.
Mauk, B. H.
McComas, D. J.
Paranicas, C.
Szalay, J. R.
Thomsen, M. F.
Valek, P. W.
Wilson, R. J.
author_sort Ebert, R. W.
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description We compare electron and UV observations mapping to the same location in Jupiter's northern polar region, poleward of the main aurora, during Juno perijove 5. Simultaneous peaks in UV brightness and electron energy flux are identified when observations map to the same location at the same time. The downward energy flux during these simultaneous observations was not sufficient to generate the observed UV brightness; the upward energy flux was. We propose that the primary acceleration region is below Juno's altitude, from which the more intense upward electrons originate. For the complete interval, the UV brightness peaked at ~240 kilorayleigh (kR); the downward and upward energy fluxes peaked at 60 and 700 mW/m(2), respectively. Increased downward energy fluxes are associated with increased contributions from tens of keV electrons. These observations provide evidence that bidirectional electron beams with broad energy distributions can produce tens to hundreds of kilorayleigh polar UV emissions.
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spelling pubmed-63785912019-02-28 Comparing Electron Energetics and UV Brightness in Jupiter's Northern Polar Region During Juno Perijove 5 Ebert, R. W. Greathouse, T. K. Clark, G. Allegrini, F. Bagenal, F. Bolton, S. J. Connerney, J. E. P. Gladstone, G. R. Imai, M. Hue, V. Kurth, W. S. Levin, S. Louarn, P. Mauk, B. H. McComas, D. J. Paranicas, C. Szalay, J. R. Thomsen, M. F. Valek, P. W. Wilson, R. J. Geophys Res Lett Research Letters We compare electron and UV observations mapping to the same location in Jupiter's northern polar region, poleward of the main aurora, during Juno perijove 5. Simultaneous peaks in UV brightness and electron energy flux are identified when observations map to the same location at the same time. The downward energy flux during these simultaneous observations was not sufficient to generate the observed UV brightness; the upward energy flux was. We propose that the primary acceleration region is below Juno's altitude, from which the more intense upward electrons originate. For the complete interval, the UV brightness peaked at ~240 kilorayleigh (kR); the downward and upward energy fluxes peaked at 60 and 700 mW/m(2), respectively. Increased downward energy fluxes are associated with increased contributions from tens of keV electrons. These observations provide evidence that bidirectional electron beams with broad energy distributions can produce tens to hundreds of kilorayleigh polar UV emissions. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2019-01-08 2019-01-16 /pmc/articles/PMC6378591/ /pubmed/30828110 http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2018GL081129 Text en ©2018. The Authors. This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
spellingShingle Research Letters
Ebert, R. W.
Greathouse, T. K.
Clark, G.
Allegrini, F.
Bagenal, F.
Bolton, S. J.
Connerney, J. E. P.
Gladstone, G. R.
Imai, M.
Hue, V.
Kurth, W. S.
Levin, S.
Louarn, P.
Mauk, B. H.
McComas, D. J.
Paranicas, C.
Szalay, J. R.
Thomsen, M. F.
Valek, P. W.
Wilson, R. J.
Comparing Electron Energetics and UV Brightness in Jupiter's Northern Polar Region During Juno Perijove 5
title Comparing Electron Energetics and UV Brightness in Jupiter's Northern Polar Region During Juno Perijove 5
title_full Comparing Electron Energetics and UV Brightness in Jupiter's Northern Polar Region During Juno Perijove 5
title_fullStr Comparing Electron Energetics and UV Brightness in Jupiter's Northern Polar Region During Juno Perijove 5
title_full_unstemmed Comparing Electron Energetics and UV Brightness in Jupiter's Northern Polar Region During Juno Perijove 5
title_short Comparing Electron Energetics and UV Brightness in Jupiter's Northern Polar Region During Juno Perijove 5
title_sort comparing electron energetics and uv brightness in jupiter's northern polar region during juno perijove 5
topic Research Letters
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6378591/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30828110
http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2018GL081129
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