Energetic particle signatures of magnetic field‐aligned potentials over Jupiter's polar regions

• Published in: Geophysical research letters Vol. 44; no. 17; pp. 8703 - 8711
• Main Authors: Clark, G., Mauk, B. H., Haggerty, D., Paranicas, C., Kollmann, P., Rymer, A., Bunce, E. J., Cowley, S. W. H., Mitchell, D. G., Provan, G., Ebert, R. W., Allegrini, F., Bagenal, F., Bolton, S., Connerney, J., Kotsiaros, S., Kurth, W. S., Levin, S., McComas, D. J., Saur, J., Valek, P.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington John Wiley & Sons, Inc 16.09.2017
• Subjects: auroral particle acceleration; Auroral zones; downward current regions; Earth; Electric currents; Electric field; Electric fields; Electric potential; Energetic particles; Fields; Frameworks; Juno; Jupiter; Jupiter probes; Magnetic field; Magnetic fields; Magnetospheres; Particle physics; Planetary magnetic fields; Planets; Polar environments; Polar regions; Spacecraft; Structures

Recent results of the first ever orbit through Jupiter's auroral region by NASA's Juno spacecraft did not show evidence of coherent acceleration in the auroral or polar region. However, in this letter, we show energetic particle data from Juno's Jupiter Energetic‐particle Detector Ins...