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Birmingham 1985
Birmingham, T.J. (1985). Radial diffusion in magnetodiscs. Journal of Geophysical Research 90: doi: 10.1029/JA090iA08p07587. issn: 0148-0227.

We consider further the orbits of charged particles in magnetodiscs. The bounce motion is assumed adiabatic except for transits of a small equatorial region of weak magnetic field strength and high field curvature. Previous theory and modeling have shown that particles scatter randomly in pitch angle with each passage through the equator. A peaked distribution thus diffuses in pitch angle on the time scale of many bounces. We argue in this paper that spatial diffusion is a further consequence when the magnetodisc has a longitudinal asymmetry. A general expression for DLL, the diffusion of equatorial crossing radii, is derived. DLL is evaluated explicitly for ions in Jupiter's 20--35 Rj magnetodisc, assumed to be represented by Connerney et al.'s Voyager model plus a small image dipole asymmetry. Rates are energy, species, and space dependent but can average as much as a few tenths of a planetary radius per bounce period.

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