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Science 1 March 1968:
Vol. 159. no. 3818, pp. 971 - 972
DOI: 10.1126/science.159.3818.971
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Jupiter's Decametric Radio Emission and the Radiation Belts of Its Galilean Satellites

J. A. Burns 1

1 Theoretical Studies Branch, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771

Many of the observed properties of Jupiter's decametric radiation may be explained by postulation that the inner Galilean satellites of Jupiter have magnetic properties that strongly distort Jupiter's magnetic field in the region of each satellite. Charged particles from Jupiter's radiation belts are trapped by these distorted fields and emit synchrotron radiation.


THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES:
Magnetospheres of the Galilean Satellites.
M. G. KIVELSON, J. A. SLAVIN, and D. J. SOUTHWOOD (1979)
Science 205, 491-493
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