Pitch Angle Scattering of Upgoing Electron Beams in Jupiter's Polar Regions by Whistler Mode Waves

S. S. Elliott; D. A. Gurnett; W. S. Kurth; G. Clark; B. H. Mauk; S. J. Bolton; J. E.P. Connerney; S. M. Levin

doi:10.1002/2017GL076878

Pitch Angle Scattering of Upgoing Electron Beams in Jupiter's Polar Regions by Whistler Mode Waves

S. S. Elliott, D. A. Gurnett, W. S. Kurth, G. Clark, B. H. Mauk, S. J. Bolton, J. E.P. Connerney, S. M. Levin

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The Juno spacecraft's Jupiter Energetic-particle Detector Instrument has observed field-aligned, unidirectional (upgoing) electron beams throughout most of Jupiter's entire polar cap region. The Waves instrument detected intense broadband whistler mode emissions occurring in the same region. In this paper, we investigate the pitch angle scattering of the upgoing electron beams due to interactions with the whistler mode waves. Profiles of intensity versus pitch angle for electron beams ranging from 2.53 to 7.22 Jovian radii show inconsistencies with the expected adiabatic invariant motion of the electrons. It is believed that the observed whistler mode waves perturb the electron motion and scatter them away from the magnetic field line. The diffusion equation has been solved by using diffusion coefficients which depend on the magnetic intensity of the whistler mode waves.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1246-1252
Number of pages	7
Journal	Geophysical Research Letters
Volume	45
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/2017GL076878
State	Published - Feb 16 2018
Externally published	Yes

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The research at the University of Iowa was supported by NASA through contract 699041X with the Southwest Research Institute. Juno data are regularly made publicly available via the Planetary Data System (PDS) according to the Juno Project archiving schedule. More recent data that have not yet been released via the PDS may be requested from the authors.

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pitch angle scattering
polar cap
upgoing electron beams
whistler mode

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