2 papers
astro-ph.EP2025
Ionosphere of Ganymede: Galileo observations versus test particle simulation
Arnaud Beth, Marina Galand, Ronan Modolo +3
In this paper, we model the plasma environment of Ganymede by means of a collisionless test particle simulation. By coupling the outputs from a DSMC simulation of Ganymede's exosph…
astro-ph.EP2025
Mass supply from Io to Jupiter's magnetosphere
L. Roth, A. Blöcker, K. de Kleer +24
Since the Voyager mission flybys in 1979, we have known the moon Io to be both volcanically active and the main source of plasma in the vast magnetosphere of Jupiter. Material lost…