Open AccessCan Large Electric Fields Power Jupiter’s X-ray Auroras?
Author(s) -
Emily Underwood
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2017eo084241
Subject(s) - jupiter (rocket family) , electric field , physics , power (physics) , astronomy , astrophysics , spacecraft , quantum mechanics
Electric fields with megavolt potentials in Jupiter’s polar region accelerate particles to 100 times more energy than Earth’s typical auroral particles, a new study finds.
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