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Krimigis et al. 1980
Krimigis, S.M., Armstrong, T.P., Axford, W.I., Bostrom, C.O., Fan, C.Y., Gloeckler, G., Lanzerotti, L.J., Hamilton, D.C. and Zwickl, R.D. (1980). Energetic (~100-keV) tailward-directed ion beam outside the Jovian plasma boundary. Geophysical Research Letters 7: doi: 10.1029/GL007i001p00013. issn: 0094-8276.

The hot plasma instrument on the Voyager-2 spacecraft measured a nearly monoenergetic (~100 keV) ion beam several hours after crossing the Jovian plasma boundary on the nightside of the planet. The beam, deduced to consist primarily of heavy ions, persisted for about four hours and originated from the general direction of Jupiter. The energy density of the beam was ~ several times the energy density of the magnetic field (&bgr;>1). This beam, a product of an as yet not understood Jovian plasma acceleration mechanism, provides a dramatic example of the energetic dynamics of Jupiter's magnetosphere.

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