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Collier & Hamilton 1995

Collier, M.R. and Hamilton, D.C. (1995). The relationship between kappa and temperature in energetic ion spectra at Jupiter. Geophysical Research Letters 22: doi: 10.1029/94GL02997. issn: 0094-8276.

A universal energy per charge kappa function fit is simultaneously applied to the spectra of Voyager 2 LECP proton, helium, oxygen, sulfur, and carbon ions during 33 Jovian plasma sheet crossings from 26 to 160 RJ. The fits yield an approximately linear relationship between high energy spectral index, &kgr;, and core proton temperature of the form &kgr;(TH)≈&eegr;⋅TH+&kgr;0 with &eegr;=0.080 keV-1, &kgr;0=2.86, and TH measured in keV. Core proton temperatures range from 5 to 35 keV with spectral indices rangeing from 3 to 6. ¿American Geophysical Union 1995

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Keywords
Magnetospheric Physics, Energetic particles, trapped, Magnetospheric Physics, Magnetospheric configuration and dynamics, Planetology, Comets and Small Bodies, Magnetic fields and magnetism

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Geophysical Research Letters
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