Study of Io-Jupiter interaction through observations of UV and radio emissions of the plasma torus

• Grant number: 13/09106-6
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Visiting Researcher Grant - International
• Start date: August 20, 2013
• End date: August 29, 2013
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Geosciences - Geophysics
• Principal Investigator: Walter Demetrio Gonzalez Alarcon
• Grantee: Walter Demetrio Gonzalez Alarcon
• Visiting researcher: Jeffrey Paul Morgenthaler
• Visiting researcher institution: Planetary Science Institute (PSI), United States
• Host Institution: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE). Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação (Brasil). São José dos Campos , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Plasma Torus of Ioduring the time interval of close encounter of the Cassini mission with Jupiter´s magnetosphere, in association with the volcanic activity of Io as monitored from ground detectors in the infrared. The visitor has great experience in the data analysis of both types of emissions as well as very goodknowledge about the physics related with the interaction of the plasma Torus with the atmosphere of Io. (AU)