Jupiter's X-Ray and UV Dark Polar Region.

Chandra X‐ray Observatory Hubble Space Telescope Jupiter aurora dark polar region magnetosphere

Journal

Geophysical research letters
ISSN: 0094-8276
Titre abrégé: Geophys Res Lett
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 9882887

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
16 Jun 2022
Historique:
received: 16 12 2021
revised: 18 05 2022
accepted: 20 05 2022
entrez: 22 7 2022
pubmed: 23 7 2022
medline: 23 7 2022
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

We present 14 simultaneous Chandra X-ray Observatory (CXO)-Hubble Space Telescope (HST) observations of Jupiter's Northern X-ray and ultraviolet (UV) aurorae from 2016 to 2019. Despite the variety of dynamic UV and X-ray auroral structures, one region is conspicuous by its persistent absence of emission: the dark polar region (DPR). Previous HST observations have shown that very little UV emission is produced by the DPR. We find that the DPR also produces very few X-ray photons. For all 14 observations, the low level of X-ray emission from the DPR is consistent (within 2-standard deviations) with scattered solar emission and/or photons spread by Chandra's Point Spread Function from known X-ray-bright regions. We therefore conclude that for these 14 observations the DPR produced no statistically significant detectable X-ray signature.

Identifiants

pubmed: 35865009
doi: 10.1029/2021GL097390
pii: GRL64305
pmc: PMC9287093
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

e2021GL097390

Informations de copyright

© 2022. The Authors.

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Auteurs

W R Dunn (WR)

Mullard Space Science Laboratory University College London Dorking UK.
The Centre for Planetary Science at UCL/Birkbeck London UK.

D M Weigt (DM)

School of Physics and Astronomy University of Southampton Southampton UK.
School of Physics Trinity College Dublin Dublin Ireland.

D Grodent (D)

Laboratoire de Physique Atmosphérique et Planétaire STAR Institute Université de Liège Liège Belgium.

Z H Yao (ZH)

Key Laboratory of Earth and Planetary Physics Institute of Geology and Geophysics Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing China.
College of Earth and Planetary Sciences University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing China.

D May (D)

Department of Science St. Gilgen International School St. Gilgen Austria.

K Feigelman (K)

Department of Science St. Gilgen International School St. Gilgen Austria.

B Sipos (B)

Department of Science St. Gilgen International School St. Gilgen Austria.

D Fleming (D)

Department of Science St. Gilgen International School St. Gilgen Austria.

S McEntee (S)

School of Physics Trinity College Dublin Dublin Ireland.
School of Cosmic Physics DIAS Dunsink Observatory Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies Dublin Ireland.

B Bonfond (B)

Laboratoire de Physique Atmosphérique et Planétaire STAR Institute Université de Liège Liège Belgium.

G R Gladstone (GR)

Division of Space Science and Engineering Southwest Research Institute San Antonio TX USA.
Department of Physics and Astronomy University of Texas at San Antonio San Antonio TX USA.

R E Johnson (RE)

Department of Physics Aberystwyth University Ceredigion UK.

C M Jackman (CM)

School of Cosmic Physics DIAS Dunsink Observatory Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies Dublin Ireland.

R L Guo (RL)

Laboratory of Optical Astronomy and Solar-Terrestrial Environment School of Space Science and Physics Institute of Space Sciences Shandong University Weihai China.

G Branduardi-Raymont (G)

Mullard Space Science Laboratory University College London Dorking UK.
The Centre for Planetary Science at UCL/Birkbeck London UK.

A D Wibisono (AD)

Mullard Space Science Laboratory University College London Dorking UK.
The Centre for Planetary Science at UCL/Birkbeck London UK.

R P Kraft (RP)

Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Cambridge MA USA.

J D Nichols (JD)

Department of Physics and Astronomy University of Leicester Leicester UK.

L C Ray (LC)

Department of Physics Lancaster University Lancaster UK.

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