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Goertz et al. 1976
Goertz, C.K., Jones, D.E., Randall, B.A., Smith, E.J. and Thomsen, M.F. (1976). Evidence for open field lines in Jupiter’s magnetosphere. Journal of Geophysical Research 81: doi: 10.1029/JA081i019p03393. issn: 0148-0227.

A model for the night side Jovian magnetic field is derived partly on the basis of theoretical considerations and partly on the basis of the magnetic field data obtained during the outbound leg of the path of Pioneer 10. This model can explain the observed sawtooth modulation of energetic particle fluxes in terms of closed and open field lines that cannot contain the particles. The model is applicable only to the Jovian magnetotail.

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