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Goertz 1976
Goertz, C.K. (1976). Plasma in the Jovian magnetosphere. Journal of Geophysical Research 81: doi: 10.1029/JA081i013p02007. issn: 0148-0227.

The plasma in Jupiter's ionosphere is collisionless above a certain level. In the outer magnetosphere, where the rotational force dominates the gravtiational force, the collisionless plasma has a beamlike distribution and gives rise to a two-stream instability. This leads to trapping of plasma in the centrifugally dominated region of the magnetosphere. Plasma is lost through recombination. The equilibrium concentration of trapped particles is calculated by assuming a balance between trapping by wave-particle interaction and loss by recombination. The results are compared with recent observations from Pioneer 10. The observations appear to require an unexplained ion-heating mechanism.

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