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Bhardwaj, A., Branduardi-Raymont, G., Elsner, R.F., Gladstone, G.R., Ramsay, G., Rodriguez, P., Soria, R., Waite, J.H. and Cravens, T.E. (2005). Solar control on Jupiter's equatorial X-ray emissions: 26–29 November 2003 XMM-Newton observation. Geophysical Research Letters 32: doi: 10.1029/2004GL021497. issn: 0094-8276. |
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During Nov. 26--29, 2003 XMM-Newton observed soft (0.2--2 keV) X-ray emission from Jupiter for 69 hours. The low-latitude X-ray disk emission of Jupiter is observed to be almost uniform in intensity with brightness that is consistent with a solar-photon driven process. The simultaneous light curves of Jovian equatorial X rays and solar X rays (measured by the TIMED/SEE and GOES satellites) show similar day-to-day variability. A large solar X-ray flare occurring on the Jupiter-facing side of the Sun is found to have a corresponding feature in the Jovian X rays. These results support the hypothesis that X-ray emission from Jovian low-latitudes are solar X rays scattered from the planet's upper atmosphere, and suggest that the Sun directly controls the non-auroral X rays from Jupiter's disk. Our study also suggests that Jovian equatorial X rays can be used to monitor the solar X-ray flare activity on the hemisphere of the Sun that is invisible to space weather satellites. |
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Atmospheric Composition and Structure, Airglow and aurora, Atmospheric Composition and Structure, Planetary atmospheres (5210, 5405, 5704), Planetary Sciences, Solar System Objects, Jupiter, Solar Physics, Astrophysics, and Astronomy, X-rays, gamma rays, and neutrinos, Solar Physics, Astrophysics, and Astronomy, Flares |
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