Jovian Electrons and the Solar Wind during the Minimum of the 23rd-24th Solar Activity Cycle

摘要

Jovian electrons in Earth orbit can be regarded as probes of the inner heliosphere's structure.They readily penetrate into the inner heliosphere in periods of the optimum magnetic connection between Earth and Jupiter.Such a penetration is also occasionally observed at arbitrary Earth-Jupiter dispositions.This phenomenon can be explained by the occurrence of long-lived magnetic traps extending from the Sun to Jupiter and rotating along with the Sun.