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Menietti et al. 2001
Menietti, J.D., Gurnett, D.A. and Christopher, I. (2001). Control of Jovian radio emission by Callisto. Geophysical Research Letters 28: doi: 10.1029/2001GL012965. issn: 0094-8276.

Galileo has been in orbit around Jupiter since December 1995 and a large database has been collected. We present the results of a survey of the plasma wave data for the frequency range 2.0 MHz to 5.6 MHz, the low frequency decametric (DAM) emissions. While the control of a portion of the radio emission by the moon Io is well known, and Ganymede control has been more recently indicated, we report that a small but significant portion of DAM emission is seen to be correlated with the orbital phase of Callisto. While the occurrence rate of emission controlled by Ganymede and Callisto is considerably less than for Io, the power levels can be nearly the same. We estimate the power of the Callisto-dependent emission to be ~70% of the Io-dependent radio emission and about the same as the Ganymede-dependent, radio emission. This result indicates an Alfv¿n current system associated with Callisto, and thus a significant interaction of the magnetosphere of Callisto with that of Jupiter as is believed to exist for both Io and Ganymede. ¿ 2001 American Geophysical Union

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Magnetospheric Physics, Plasma waves and instabilities, Radio Science, Radio wave propagation
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