AbstractWe analyzed data from four different instruments (HI-SCALE, URAP, SWOOPS, VHM/FGM) onboard Ulysses spacecraft (s/c) and we searched for possible evidence of Jovian emissions when the s/c approached Jupiter during the times of Halloween events (closest time approach/position to Jupiter: February 5, 2004/R=1683 RJ, θ=∼49°). In particular, we analyzed extensively the low energy ion measurements obtained by the HI-SCALE experiment in order to examine whether low energy ion/electron emissions show a symmetry, and whether they are observed at north high latitudes upstream from the jovian bow shock, as is known to occur in the region upstream from the south bow shock as well (Marhavilas et al., 2001). We studied the period from October 2003 to March 2004, as Ulysses moved at distances 0.8–1.2AU from the planet at north Jovicentric latitudes <75°, and we present here an example of characteristic Jovian periodicities in the measurements around a CIR observed by Ulysses on days ∼348–349/2003 (R=1894 RJ, θ=72°). We show that Ulysses observed low energy ion (∼0.055–4.7MeV) and electron (>∼40keV) flux and/or spectral modulation with the Jupiter rotation period (∼10h) as well as variations with the same period in solar wind parameters, radio and magnetic field directional data. In addition, characteristic strong ∼40min periodic variations were found superimposed on the ∼10h ion spectral modulation. Both the ∼10h and ∼40min ion periodicities in HI-SCALE measurements were present in several cases during the whole period examined (October 2003 to March 2004) and were found to be more evident during some special conditions, for instance during enhanced fluxes around the start (forward shock) and the end (reverse shock) of CIRs. We infer that the Jovian magnetosphere was triggered by the impact of the CIRs, after the Halloween events, and it was (a) a principal source of forward and reverse shock-associated ion flux structures and (b) the cause of generation of ∼10h quasi-periodic magnetic field and plasma modulation observed by Ulysses at those times.
Jovian periodicities (∼10h, ∼40min) on Ulysses’ Distant Jupiter Encounter observations around the Halloween CIR events
Advances in Space Research ; 43 , 4 ; 573-581
2008-08-08
9 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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