Abstract

A large coordinated observing campaign has probed Jupiter’s magnetosphere at multiple wavelengths using more than a dozen ground- and space-based facilities, including the EUV spectroscope Hisaki/EXCEED, HST, Chandra, XMM-Newton and IRTF. These observations were focussed on the JAXA Hisaki mission which is providing quasi-continuous measurements of emissions from both Jupiter’s aurora and the Io plasma torus. The concurrent observations examined Io’s volcanic activity and plasma torus variability, as well as Jupiter’s auroral dynamics at radio, infrared, ultraviolet and X-ray wavelengths. This team aims to bring together these observations with state of the art modelling of processes in the inner magnetosphere in order to explore the interactions between Io, Jupiter, the magnetosphere and the surrounding solar wind. Through combined analysis of these diverse measurements, facilitated by ISSI, we will develop a better understanding of how mass and energy are transferred through the Jovian system on different timescales. This is especially timely given the arrival of the NASA Juno mission at Jupiter as our results will provide global context for interpreting Juno observations.

Team Members

Ichiro Yoshikawa, University of Tokyo, Japan (Team Leader)
Sarah Badman, Lancaster University, UK (Deputy Team Leader)
Bertrand Bonfond, Université de Liège, Belgium
Graziella Branduardi-Raymont, University College London, UK
Becky Gray, Lancaster University, UK
Yasumasa Kasaba, Tohoku University, Japan
Tomoki Kimura, RIKEN, Japan
Hajime Kita, Tohoku University, Japan
Go Murakami, JAXA ISAS, Japan
Carl Schmidt, LATMOS, France
Todd Smith, JHU/APL, USA
Chihiro Tao, NICT, Japan
Fuminori Tsuchiya, Tohoku University, Japan
Kazuo Yoshioka, University of Tokyo, Japan

For information about the Team, please contact the Team Leader (yoshikawa at k.u-tokyo.ac.jp) or Deputy (s.badman at lancaster.ac.uk)