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A Cyclotron Theory for the Beaming Pattern of Jupiter’s Decametric Radio Emission

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

R. G. Hewitt ,
D. B. Melrose  and
K. G. Rönnmark
R. G. Hewitt
Affiliation:
Department of Theoretical Physics, University of Sydney
D. B. Melrose
Affiliation:
Department of Theoretical Physics, University of Sydney
K. G. Rönnmark
Affiliation:
Department of Theoretical Physics, University of Sydney
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Ground-based observations of Jupiter’s decametric radio emission (DAM) have been reviewed by Ellis (1965), Warwick (1967, 1970) and Carr and Gulkis (1969). A startling feature of DAM is the modulating effect of Io, and interpretation of the Io effect has dominated theoretical discussions of DAM until quite recently, specifically until the fly-by s of Voyagers 1 and 2. The Voyager data showed that the DAM appears as nested arcs in the frequency-Jovian longitude plane (Warwick et al. 1979, Boischot et al. 1981). The interpretation of this arc structure has been of primary theoretical interest over the past two years. The most widely adopted explanation is that the emission from each point is confined to the surface of a hollow cone (Goldstein and Thieman 1981). This idea is not new: emission on the surface of a cone was discussed by Ellis and McCulloch (1963); Dulk (1967) derived detailed parameters for the cone (half angle 79° width 1°) from the occurrence pattern of DAM; and Goldreich and Lynden-Bell (1969) presented a theoretical interpretation of it. More recently Goldstein et al. (1979) used observational data on the Jovian magnetic field in deriving properties of the required emission cone. It seems that one requires the properties of the emission cone to vary with position in the Jovian magnetosphere to account for the nested arc pattern (Goldstein and Thieman 1981; Gurnett and Goertz 1981).

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Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia , Volume 4 , Issue 2 , 1981 , pp. 221 - 226
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Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1981

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