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Goldstein, M.L.; Eviatar, A.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Greenbelt, MD (USA). Goddard Space Flight Center1978
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Greenbelt, MD (USA). Goddard Space Flight Center1978
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[en] A theory of the Io-independent decameter radiation is developed. The radiation results from excitation of the electromagnetic loss-cone instability by keV electrons, stably trapped near L = 6. The radiation is excited in Band 3 of the extraordinary mode. When the effects of refraction are estimated, it is shown that above 10 MHz radiation is beamed into the equatorial plane in a wide, but thin, conical sheet (Psi approximately equals 80 degrees). When the instability analysis is coupled with one of the octupole models of the Jovian magnetic field, the maximum convective growth of the instability occurs in the directions of the non-Io A, B, and C sources. The shape of the peak radio flux frequency spectrum is found to be a consequence of the loss cone shape of the electron distribution function
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Jul 1978; 46 p; Available from NTIS. PC A03/MF A01
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