Essays about: "Alfv ́en waves"

Found 2 essays containing the words Alfv ́en waves.

  1. 1. Methods for Studying Influence of Io Magma Ocean on Alfvén Wings

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

    Author : Carl Lundquist; Fredrik Cumlin; [2020]
    Keywords : Io; magma ocean; Alfv ́en wings; plasma; mag-netic induction;

    Abstract : The most volcanically active body in the solar systemand the innermost Galilean moon of Jupiter, Io, is theorizedto have a global magma ocean beneath it’s surface. Io is alsoin a fast-moving flow of plasma where the moon acts as anobstacle in the flow which generates several complex interactions. READ MORE

  3. 2. Variability of Io’s Aurora and the Moon’s Footprint on Jupiter

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

    Author : Jens Eilers Bischoff; Sebastian Jovancic; [2020]
    Keywords : Alfv ́en waves; Aurora; HST; Io; Jupiter; Plasma;

    Abstract : We study the variability of intensity of Io’s aurora asa function of Jupiter’s rotation measured in system III longitude.The far-ultraviolet intensity of Io’s aurora was measured by theHubble Space Telescope (HST) using the FUV-MAMA photondetector of the STIS. READ MORE