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Constraints on Europa's Water Group Torus from HST/COS Observations
KTH, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), Electrical Engineering, Space and Plasma Physics.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-0554-4691
Johns Hopkins Univ, Appl Phys Lab, Laurel, MD USA..
Univ Tokyo, Chiba, Japan..
Southwest Res Inst, San Antonio, TX USA.;Univ Texas San Antonio, San Antonio, TX USA..
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2023 (English)In: The Planetary Science Journal, E-ISSN 2632-3338, Vol. 4, no 5, article id 87Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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In situ plasma measurements as well as remote mapping of energetic neutral atoms around Jupiter provide indirect evidence that an enhancement of neutral gas is present near the orbit of the moon Europa. Simulations suggest that such a neutral gas torus can be sustained by escape from Europa's atmosphere and consists primarily of molecular hydrogen, but the neutral gas torus has not yet been measured directly through emissions or in situ. Here we present observations by the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph (COS) of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) from 2020 to 2021, which scanned the equatorial plane between 8 and 10 planetary radii west of Jupiter. No neutral gas emissions are detected. We derive upper limits on the emissions and compare these to modeled emissions from electron impact and resonant scattering using a Europa torus Monte Carlo model for the neutral gases. The comparison supports the previous findings that the torus is dilute and primarily consists of molecular hydrogen. A detection of sulfur ion emissions radially inward of the Europa orbit is consistent with emissions from the extended Io torus and with sulfur ion fractional abundances as previously detected.

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American Astronomical Society , 2023. Vol. 4, no 5, article id 87
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-328276DOI: 10.3847/PSJ/accdddISI: 000986325000001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85173697619OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-328276DiVA, id: diva2:1763466
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Available from: 2023-06-07 Created: 2023-06-07 Last updated: 2024-08-28Bibliographically approved

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