EGU24-3342, updated on 08 Mar 2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-3342
EGU General Assembly 2024
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Magnetosheath jets at jupiter and across the solar system

Yufei Zhou1, Savvas Raptis2, Shan Wang3, Chao Shen1, Nian Ren1, and Lan Ma1
Yufei Zhou et al.
  • 1School of Science, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Shenzhen, China (yufei.zhou@hit.edu.cn)
  • 2Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, United States
  • 3Institute of Space Physics and Applied Technology, Peking University, Beijing, China

The study of jets downstream of Earth's bow shock has been a subject of extensive investigation for over a decade due to their close connection with shock dynamics and their profound impact on the geomagnetic environment. While the variability of the solar wind and its interaction with Earth's magnetosphere provide valuable insights into jets across a range of parameters, a broader parameter space can be explored by examining the downstream of other planetary bow shocks. Here we report the existence of anti-sunward and sunward jets downstream of Jovian bow shock and show their close association to magnetic discontinuities. The anti-sunward jets are possibly generated by a shock--discontinuity interaction. Finally, through a comparative analysis of jets observed at Earth, Mars, and Jupiter, we show that the size of jets scales with the size of bow shock.

How to cite: Zhou, Y., Raptis, S., Wang, S., Shen, C., Ren, N., and Ma, L.: Magnetosheath jets at jupiter and across the solar system, EGU General Assembly 2024, Vienna, Austria, 14–19 Apr 2024, EGU24-3342, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-3342, 2024.