Ryuho Kataoka

Ryuho Kataoka

Associate Professor at National Institute of Polar Research/The University of Tokyo

Radial Transport of Io Plasma From the Inner Magnetosphere to the Tail

Published in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 2023

  • Around 10–15 Rj in the equatorial plane, precession effect overwhelms interchange for the outward transport of Io plasma

  • Io plasma is interchange unstable around 15–20 Rj and here diffuses outward while being mixed with H+ from the ionosphere

  • The equatorial diffuse emission is projected with the low-speed polar wind to the outer shell of the Io torus around 15–20 Rj in the equatorial plane

Recommended citation: Tanaka, T., Ebihara, Y., Watanabe, M., Fujita, S., & Kataoka, R. (2023). "Radial Transport of Io Plasma From the Inner Magnetosphere to the Tail" Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics. 128, e2022JA030891 https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JA030891