Wave and Particle Analysis of Z-mode and O-mode Emission in the Jovian Inner Magnetosphere

This is the supporting data set for the paper by the same title published in AGU JGR Space Physics.

Key Points:

• Intense Z-mode and O-mode in the Jovian inner magnetosphere yield important plasma parameters
• Direction finding suggests that each mode is from a different source region
• Quasilinear wave analysis of in-situ phase space density provides wave growth temporal development

Abstract

We report some of the most intense Z-mode and O-mode observations obtained by the Juno spacecraft while in orbit about Jupiter in a low to mid-latitude region near the inner edge of the Io torus. We have been able to estimate the density of the plasma in this region based on the lower frequency cutoff of the observed Z-mode emission. The results are compatible with the electron density measurements of the Jovian Auroral Distributions Experiment (JADE), on board the Juno spacecraft, if we account for unmeasured cold plasma. Direction-finding measurements indicate that the Z- and O-mode emission have distinct source regions. We have also used the measured phase space density of the JADE and the Jupiter energetic particle detector (JEDI) instruments to calculate estimated local growth rates of the observed O-mode and Z-mode emission assuming a loss cone instability and quasilinear analysis. The results suggest the emissions were observed near, but not within, a source region, and the free energy source is consistent with a loss cone. We have thus carried out the quasilinear wave analysis of the assumed remote Z- and O-mode wave growths. It is shown that the remotely generated waves, propagated through an inhomogeneous medium to the satellite location, may account for the observed wave characteristics. The importance of Z-mode in accelerating electrons in the inner Jovian magnetosphere make these new wave mode confirmations at Jupiter of particular interest.