Radiation belt electron scattering by whistler-mode chorus in the Jovian magnetosphere:Importance of ambient and wave parameters

Whistler-modechoruswavesareregardedasanimportantaccelerationmechanismcontributingtotheformationofrelativisticandultra-relativisticelectronsintheJovianradiationbelts.QuantitativedeterminationofthechoruswavedrivenelectronscatteringeffectintheJovianmagnetosphererequiresdetailedinformationofbothambientmagneticfieldandplasmadensityandwavespectralproperty,whichhowevercannotbealwaysreadilyacquiredfromobservationsofexistedmissionstoJupiter.WethereforeperformacomprehensiveanalysisofthesensitivityofchorusinducedelectronscatteringratestoambientmagnetosphericandwaveparametersintheJovianradiationbeltstoelaboratetowhichextentthediffusioncoefficientsdependonanumberofkeyinputparameters.Itisfoundthatquasi-linearelectronscatteringratesbychoruscanbestronglyaffectedbytheambientmagneticfieldintensity,thewavelatitudinalcoverage,andthepeakfrequencyandbandwidthofthewavespectraldistributionintheJovianmagnetosphere,whiletheyonlyrelyslightlyonthebackgroundplasmadensityprofileandthepeakwavenormalangle,especiallywhenthewaveemissionsareconfinedatlowerlatitudes.Giventhechoruswaveamplitude,chorusinducedelectronscatteringratesstronglydependonJovianL-shelltoexhibitatendencyapproximatelyproportionaltoLJ3.OurcomprehensiveanalysisexplicitlydemonstratestheimportanceofreliableinformationofboththeambientmagnetosphericstateandwavedistributionpropertytounderstandingthedynamicelectronevolutionintheJovianradiationbeltsandthereforehasimplicationsforfuturemissionplanningtoexploretheextremeparticleradiationenvironmentofJupiteranditssatellites.