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Interaction of photoionisation and meteoric input in the atmosphere of Jupiter

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Interplanetary dust grains and meteoroids are assumed to deliver oxygen to the atmosphere of Jupiter. A current photochemical model overestimates the resultant density of water relative to an available measurement. This paper investigates whether the interaction of photoionisation and meteoric products can explain that discrepancy. As any process that breaks up water molecules is likely to produce hydroxyl, the predicted densities of hydroxyl are also investigated as a possible target for remote sensing. It is found that the densities of water are not changed by the addition of photoionisation, but that higher OH densities are predicted above about 400 km.

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  1. College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, G.P.O. Box 2100, Adelaide, SA, 5001, Australia

    Laurence Campbell, Darryl B. Jones & Michael J. Brunger

  2. College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, 4810, Australia

    Ronald D. White

  3. Instituto de Física Fundamental, CSIC, Serrano 113-bis, 28006, Madrid, Spain

    Gustavo García

  4. Science Institute, University of Iceland, Dunhaga 3, IS-107, Reykjavik, Iceland

    Oddur Ingólfsson

  5. Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, MG, 36936-900, Brazil

    M. Cristina A. Lopes

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Contribution to the Topical Issue “Low-Energy Positron and Positronium Physics and Electron-Molecule Collisions and Swarms (POSMOL 2019)”, edited by Michael Brunger, David Cassidy, Saša Dujko, Dragana Marić, Joan Marler, James Sullivan, Juraj Fedor.

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Campbell, L., Jones, D.B., White, R.D. et al. Interaction of photoionisation and meteoric input in the atmosphere of Jupiter. Eur. Phys. J. D 73, 252 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2019-100466-y

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