Bhardwaj, A; Branduardi-Raymont, G; Elsner, RF; Gladstone, GR; Ramsay, G; Rodriguez, P; Soria, R; ... Cravens, TE; + view all Bhardwaj, A; Branduardi-Raymont, G; Elsner, RF; Gladstone, GR; Ramsay, G; Rodriguez, P; Soria, R; Waite, JH; Cravens, TE; - view fewer (2005) Solar control on Jupiter's equatorial X-ray emissions: 26-29 November 2003 XMM-Newton observation. Geophysical Research Letters , 32 (3) , Article L03S08. 10.1029/2004GL021497.

Preview

PDF 2004GL021497.pdf Available under License : See the attached licence file. Download (344kB)

Abstract

During Nov. 26 - 29, 2003 XMM-Newton observed soft (0.2 - 2 keV) X-ray emission from Jupiter for 69 hours. The low-latitude X-ray disk emission of Jupiter is observed to be almost uniform in intensity with brightness that is consistent with a solar-photon driven process. The simultaneous light curves of Jovian equatorial X rays and solar X rays ( measured by the TIMED/SEE and GOES satellites) show similar day-to-day variability. A large solar X-ray flare occurring on the Jupiter-facing side of the Sun is found to have a corresponding feature in the Jovian X rays. These results support the hypothesis that X-ray emission from Jovian low-latitudes are solar X rays scattered from the planet's upper atmosphere, and suggest that the Sun directly controls the non-auroral X rays from Jupiter's disk. Our study also suggests that Jovian equatorial X rays can be used to monitor the solar X-ray flare activity on the hemisphere of the Sun that is invisible to space weather satellites.

Download activity - last month

Export as CSVXMLJSON

Download activity - last 12 months

Export as CSVXMLJSON

Downloads by country - last 12 months

Export as JSONXMLCSV

Archive Staff Only

View Item