Coulomb thermal properties and stability of the Io plasma torus

• 1 November 1983
• journal article
• Published by American Astronomical Society in The Astrophysical Journal
• Vol. 274, 429-442
• https://doi.org/10.1086/161459

Abstract

Keywords

• COULOMB COLLISIONS
• ENERGY TRANSFER
• MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC STABILITY
• PLASMA DYNAMICS
• PLASMA TEMPERATURE
• ASTRONOMICAL MODELS
• ATOMIC COLLISIONS
• ELECTRON ENERGY
• EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION
• ION TEMPERATURE
• JUPITER SATELLITES
• PLASMA COMPOSITION