Radiation belt electron scattering by whistler-mode chorus in the Jovian magnetosphere:Importance of ambient and wave parameters

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摘要 Whistler-modechoruswavesareregardedasanimportantaccelerationmechanismcontributingtotheformationofrelativisticandultra-relativisticelectronsintheJovianradiationbelts.QuantitativedeterminationofthechoruswavedrivenelectronscatteringeffectintheJovianmagnetosphererequiresdetailedinformationofbothambientmagneticfieldandplasmadensityandwavespectralproperty,whichhowevercannotbealwaysreadilyacquiredfromobservationsofexistedmissionstoJupiter.WethereforeperformacomprehensiveanalysisofthesensitivityofchorusinducedelectronscatteringratestoambientmagnetosphericandwaveparametersintheJovianradiationbeltstoelaboratetowhichextentthediffusioncoefficientsdependonanumberofkeyinputparameters.Itisfoundthatquasi-linearelectronscatteringratesbychoruscanbestronglyaffectedbytheambientmagneticfieldintensity,thewavelatitudinalcoverage,andthepeakfrequencyandbandwidthofthewavespectraldistributionintheJovianmagnetosphere,whiletheyonlyrelyslightlyonthebackgroundplasmadensityprofileandthepeakwavenormalangle,especiallywhenthewaveemissionsareconfinedatlowerlatitudes.Giventhechoruswaveamplitude,chorusinducedelectronscatteringratesstronglydependonJovianL-shelltoexhibitatendencyapproximatelyproportionaltoLJ3.OurcomprehensiveanalysisexplicitlydemonstratestheimportanceofreliableinformationofboththeambientmagnetosphericstateandwavedistributionpropertytounderstandingthedynamicelectronevolutionintheJovianradiationbeltsandthereforehasimplicationsforfuturemissionplanningtoexploretheextremeparticleradiationenvironmentofJupiteranditssatellites.
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出版日期 2018年01月11日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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