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Strong whistler mode waves observed in the vicinity of Jupiter’s moons

Overview of attention for article published in Nature Communications, August 2018
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Title
Strong whistler mode waves observed in the vicinity of Jupiter’s moons
Published in
Nature Communications, August 2018
DOI 10.1038/s41467-018-05431-x
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Abstract

Understanding of wave environments is critical for the understanding of how particles are accelerated and lost in space. This study shows that in the vicinity of Europa and Ganymede, that respectively have induced and internal magnetic fields, chorus wave power is significantly increased. The observed enhancements are persistent and exceed median values of wave activity by up to 6 orders of magnitude for Ganymede. Produced waves may have a pronounced effect on the acceleration and loss of particles in the Jovian magnetosphere and other astrophysical objects. The generated waves are capable of significantly modifying the energetic particle environment, accelerating particles to very high energies, or producing depletions in phase space density. Observations of Jupiter's magnetosphere provide a unique opportunity to observe how objects with an internal magnetic field can interact with particles trapped in magnetic fields of larger scale objects.

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Unknown 23 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 2 9%
Other 1 4%
Student > Doctoral Student 1 4%
Professor 1 4%
Professor > Associate Professor 1 4%
Other 1 4%
Unknown 16 70%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Earth and Planetary Sciences 2 9%
Engineering 2 9%
Business, Management and Accounting 1 4%
Physics and Astronomy 1 4%
Unknown 17 74%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 243. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 29 May 2025.
All research outputs
#184,626
of 32,148,871 outputs
Outputs from Nature Communications
#2,689
of 77,414 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#3,145
of 359,938 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Nature Communications
#60
of 1,336 outputs
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