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Morgan et al. 1994
Morgan, D.D., Gurnett, D.A., Kurth, W.S. and Bagenal, F. (1994). The source of Jovian auroral hiss observed by Voyager 1. Journal of Geophysical Research 99: doi: 10.1029/94JA01904. issn: 0148-0227.

Observations of auroral hiss obtained from the Voyager 1 encounter with Jupiter have been reanalyzed. The Jovian auroral hiss was observed near the inner boundary of the warm Io torus and has a low-frequency cutoff caused by propagation near the resonance cone. A simple ray tracing procedure using an offset tilted dipole of the Jovian magnetic field is used to determine possible source locations. The results obtained are consistent with two sources located symmetrically with respect to the centrifugal equator along an L shell (L≂5.59) that is coincident with the boundary between the hot and cold regions of the Io torus and is located just inward of the ribbon feature observed from Earth. The distance of the sources from the centrifugal equator is approximately 0.58¿0.01 RJ. Based on the similarity to terrestrial auroral hiss, the Jovian auroral hiss is believed to be generated by beams of low energy (~tens to thousands of eV) electrons. The low-frequency cutoff of the auroral hiss suggests that the electrons are accelerated near the inferred source region, possibly by parallel electric fields similar to those existing in the terrestrial auroral regions. A field-aligned current is inferred to exist at L shells just inward of the plasma ribbon. A possible mechanism for driving this current is discussed. ¿ American Geophysical Union 1994

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Magnetospheric Physics, Auroral phenomena, Magnetospheric Physics, Magnetosphere-ionosphere interactions, Magnetospheric Physics, Planetary magnetospheres, Magnetospheric Physics, Plasma waves and instabilities
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Journal of Geophysical Research
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