Kinetic Alfvén waves and auroral particle acceleration: A review

RL Lysak - Reviews of Modern Plasma Physics, 2023 - Springer
Shear mode Alfvén waves are the carriers of field-aligned currents in the auroral zones of
Earth and other planets. These waves travel along the magnetic field lines, coupling the …

On the relation between auroral morphologies and compression conditions of Jupiter's magnetopause: Observations from Juno and the Hubble Space Telescope

ZH Yao, B Bonfond, D Grodent, E Chané… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Jupiter displays the most powerful auroral emissions in our solar system, which result from
strong energy dissipation in Jupiter's surrounding space environment. Although mass and …

The Io, Europa, and Ganymede auroral footprints at Jupiter in the ultraviolet: Positions and equatorial lead angles

V Hue, GR Gladstone, CK Louis… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Jupiter's satellite auroral footprints are a consequence of the interaction between the Jovian
magnetic field with co‐rotating iogenic plasma and the Galilean moons. The disturbances …

Wave‐particle interactions associated with Io's auroral footprint: Evidence of Alfvén, ion cyclotron, and whistler modes

AH Sulaiman, GB Hospodarsky… - Geophysical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The electrodynamic coupling between Io and Jupiter gives rise to wave‐particle interactions
across multiple spatial scales. Here we report observations during Juno's 12th perijove (PJ) …

Alfvénic fluctuations associated with Jupiter's auroral emissions

DJ Gershman, JEP Connerney… - Geophysical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The Alfvén wave mode transmits field‐aligned currents and large‐scale turbulence
throughout Jupiter's magnetosphere. Magnetometer data from the Juno spacecraft have …

A new framework to explain changes in Io's footprint tail electron fluxes

JR Szalay, F Allegrini, F Bagenal… - Geophysical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
We analyze precipitating electron fluxes connected to 18 crossings of Io's footprint tail
aurora, over altitudes of 0.15 to 1.1 Jovian radii (RJ). The strength of precipitating electron …

Alfvénic acceleration sustains Ganymede's footprint tail aurora

JR Szalay, F Allegrini, F Bagenal… - Geophysical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Integrating simultaneous in situ measurements of magnetic field fluctuations, precipitating
electrons, and ultraviolet auroral emissions, we find that Alfvénic acceleration mechanisms …

Poynting fluxes, field‐aligned current densities, and the efficiency of the Io‐Jupiter electrodynamic interaction

AH Sulaiman, JR Szalay, G Clark… - Geophysical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Juno's highly inclined orbits provide opportunities to sample high‐latitude magnetic field
lines connected to the orbit of Io, among the other Galilean satellites. Its payload offers both …

Evidence for non‐monotonic and broadband electron distributions in the Europa footprint tail revealed by Juno in situ measurements

J Rabia, V Hue, JR Szalay, N André… - Geophysical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
We characterize the precipitating electrons accelerated in the Europa‐magnetosphere
interaction by analyzing in situ measurements and remote sensing observations recorded …

Resonant plasma acceleration at Jupiter driven by satellite‐magnetosphere interactions

Y Sarkango, JR Szalay, AH Sulaiman… - Geophysical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The Juno spacecraft had previously observed intense high frequency wave emission,
broadband electron and energetic proton energy distributions within magnetic flux tubes …