[P-CG24] [EJ] Planetary Magnetosphere, Ionosphere, and Atmosphere

[PCG24-03] Juno observations of Jupiter’s dawnside magnetopause boundary layer

*Daniel J Gershman^1,2, Gina DiBraccio^3,2, John Connerney^2,4, George Hospodarsky⁵, William Kurth⁵, Robert Ebert⁶, Jamey Szalay⁶, Robert Wilson⁹, Frederic Allegrini^6,7, Phil Valek^6,7, David McComas⁸, Fran Bagenal⁹ (1.University of Maryland, College Park, 2.NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, 3.Universities Space Research Association, 4.Space Research Corporation, 5.University of Iowa, 6.Southwest Research Institute, 7.University of Texas at San Antonio, 8.Princeton University, 9.University of Colorado, Boulder)

Keywords:juno, jupiter , magnetosphere

Using recent observations obtained by particles and fields instrumentation on the Juno spacecraft, we present the properties of Jupiter’s dawnside magnetopause in unprecedented detail. Through magnetic reconnection and viscous mixing (e.g., the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability) processes, Jupiter’s dawnside magnetopause provides a pathway for solar wind plasmas to enter the Jovian magnetosphere. On 14 July 2016, we identify an extended magnetopause boundary layer (MPBL) indicative of significant mass transport across the magnetopause. For this event, minimum variance analysis revealed an open magnetopause with a sunward-tilted boundary normal, indicative of significant magnetospheric compression. Furthermore, we identify ~2 h increases in the total magnetospheric pressure adjacent to two magnetopause crossings. These structures are of an order of magnitude longer duration than typical magnetospheric transits (e.g., plasmoids, reconnection fronts) and may provide evidence of focused energy transport into the magnetosphere via magnetohydrodynamic waves.