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McIlwain & Fillius 1975
McIlwain, C.E. and Fillius, R.W. (1975). Differential spectra and phase space densities of trapped electrons at Jupiter. Journal of Geophysical Research 80: doi: 10.1029/JA080i010p01341. issn: 0148-0227.

Using Pioneer 10 data, we have constructed differential spectra and phase space densities of trapped electron at Jupiter. These quantities should assist in calculating synchrotron radiation from these particles and in evaluating the diffusion mechanisms that accelerate the particles. Absorption by the moons Io and Europa is evident, and injection by Io is demonstrated by a density peak in phase space, which demands a local source. There is also a rapid decrease in density between the moons, which could call for either a local loss mechanism or nonlocal losses fed by diffusion.

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