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McNutt et al. 1990
McNutt, R.L., Bagenal, F. and Thorne, R.M. (1990). Observation of auroal secondary electrons in the Jovain magnetosphere. Geophysical Research Letters 17: doi: 10.1029/90GL00066. issn: 0094-8276.

Localized enhancements in the flux of suprathermal electrons were observed by the Voyager 1 Plasma Science instrument near the outer boundary of the Io plasma torus between L ~7.5 and L ~10. This localization, which occurs within the general region of hot electrons noted by Sittler and Strobel (1987), and the spectral characteristics of the observed electrons are consistent with secondary (backscattered) electron production by intense Jovian auroral energetic particle precipitation and support the hypothesis that such electrons may contribute to the processes that heat the plasma in this region of the magnetosphere. ¿ American Geophysical Union 1990

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Magnetospheric Physics, Planetary magnetospheres
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Geophysical Research Letters
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