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Circularly Expanding Ring‐Shaped Pulsating Aurora Visualizing the Source of Plasma Waves in Space

AGU Advances, Volume 7, Issue 3, June 2026.
Abstract Pulsating aurorae are prominent auroral emissions in the polar regions, typically occurring in the morning hours during the recovery phase of auroral substorms. These aurorae usually consist of round‐shaped patches of emission, with luminosity that pulsates at intervals ranging from less than a second to several tens of seconds.
K. Hosokawa, S. Kurita, Y. Miyoshi, S.‐I. Oyama, Y. Ogawa, M. Ozaki, Y. Kasahara, Y. Kasaba, S. Yagitani, S. Matsuda, F. Tsuchiya, A. Kumamoto, A. Matsuoka, S. Imajo, T. Raita, E. Turunen, T. Takashima, I. Shinohara, R. Fujii   +18 more
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What Observations Would an Energetic Neutral Atom Imager Have Made During the Voyager 2 Flyby of Uranus?

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, Volume 131, Issue 6, June 2026.
Abstract We present large‐scale simulations of energetic neutral atom (ENA) emissions at Uranus from a spacecraft viewpoint. Models of magnetic field, extended hydrogen exosphere, moon‐sourced neutral tori, and proton radiation belt are implemented into a simulator to evaluate the production of ENAs for L $L$ = 1–15.
D. Santos‐Costa, N. André
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Solar Wind–Magnetosphere–Ionosphere Coupling Under Extreme External Driving: Characteristics of Dayside Ground Magnetic Disturbances

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, Volume 131, Issue 6, June 2026.
Abstract The objective of the present study is to investigate solar wind‐magnetosphere‐ionosphere coupling (SWMIC) under intense external driving in terms of dayside ground magnetic disturbances. Dayside magnetic reconnection drives a region‐1 sense current system, the SWMIC current system.
Shinichi Ohtani
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Temporal Variability of Saturn's H2 Dayglow and Northern Aurora Observed by Hisaki and Cassini

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, Volume 131, Issue 6, June 2026.
Abstract Ultraviolet (UV) emissions from molecular hydrogen in Saturn's atmosphere consist of bright auroral emission over the poles and disk‐wide airglow. The dayside disk emits substantial intensities (dayglow) previously detected by various instruments.
L. S. Clare, S. V. Badman, T. Kimura, F. Tsuchiya, H. Tadokoro, C. Tao, Y. Kasaba, A. Bader, S. W. Farr, J. Kinrade, K. Yoshioka, A. Yamazaki, G. Murakami, I. Yoshikawa, H. Kita   +14 more
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Ion Anisotropy in Earth's Magnetotail: Importance of High‐Energy Ions

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, Volume 131, Issue 6, June 2026.
Abstract The reconfiguration of the magnetotail current sheet during substorms often includes the formation of a thin current sheet (TCS) with a strong magnetic field line tension force. This force cannot be balanced by isotropic plasma pressure gradients, and force balance in such a TCS requires ion anisotropy and/or agyrotropy of plasma pressure.
Xiaofei Shi, Vassilis Angelopoulos, Louis Richard, Anton Artemyev   +3 more
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The Response of Broadband Kilometric Radiation to Compressions of the Jovian Magnetosphere

The Astrophysical Journal
In the planetary magnetosphere, plasma waves act as the medium for particles to transfer energy. Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system, and the giant magnetosphere is full of energetic particles, producing intense radio emissions.
Yuening Chen, Shengyi Ye, Zhonghua Yao, Binzheng Zhang   +3 more
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Jupiter's Auroral Ionosphere: Hybrid Monte Carlo, Auroral Spectrum and Conductivity Modeling

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, Volume 131, Issue 6, June 2026.
Abstract We present a new model of auroral precipitation and associated phenomena at Jupiter, called the Jupiter Auroral Ionosphere Code (JAIC). The hybrid model follows the primary electron population using a Monte Carlo code that runs on a GPU, and computes the contribution of the secondaries using a two‐stream approximation.
J. D. Nichols
wiley   +1 more source

Generation of auroral turbulence through the magnetosphere–ionosphere coupling

New Journal of Physics, 2016
The shear Alfvén waves coupled with the ionospheric density fluctuations in auroral regions of a planetary magnetosphere are modeled by a set of the reduced magnetohydrodynamic and two-fluid equations. When the drift velocity of the magnetized plasma due
Tomo-Hiko Watanabe, Hiroaki Kurata, Shinya Maeyama   +2 more
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Reinvestigating the Nightside Ionosphere of Mars With 8 Years of Mars Express and MAVEN Data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, Volume 131, Issue 6, June 2026.
Abstract Tailward ion escape in the nightside magnetotail is one of the dominant paths of ion escape from Mars. The Martian nightside ionosphere can serve as a major reservoir for this escape channel, but its global distributions and dependence on the upstream solar wind have not been fully investigated due to observational limitations.
N. Takeuchi, Y. Harada, B. Sánchez‐Cano   +2 more
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Comparative studies of planetary magnetospheres

Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union, 1992
Three recent “flyby” spacecraft encounters of planetary magnetospheres have provided new glimpses of the broad spectrum of plasma behaviors that occur within such environments. Voyager 2's encounter with Neptune in August 1989 and Galileo's grav itational assist encounters with Venus in February 1990 and Earth in December 1990 have revealed significant
openaire   +1 more source