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In 1979, after plasma envelope exploration, Voyager 1 and 2 revealed that Jovian magnetosphere consists of an unusual mixture of ions like hydrogen, sulphur, oxygen etc., in similar proportions. The present study observed that the waves in Jovian magnetosphere propagate in whistler-mode, with some similarities to whistler-mode auroral hiss in the Earth’s magnetosphere. The dispersion relation has been deduced and calculated in detail for oblique propagating waves in presence of parallel AC electric field for bi-Maxwellian distribution function. Magnetic field model for different values of latitude at radial distance \(17 R_{J}\) has been reported. By using the method of characteristic solution, relativistic growth rate has been calculated. Data provided by spacecrafts like Pioneer 10 and 11, Voyager 1 and 2, while exploring the magnetosphere of Jupiter, has been used to plot graphs of variation of growth rate for different values of various plasma parameters like temperature anisotropy, angle of wave propagation, AC frequency etc. The effect on growth rate by these plasma parameters is shown by graphs.
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The authors are grateful to the Chairman, Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), Director and members of PLANEX program, ISRO, for the financial support. We are thankful to Dr. Ashok K. Chauhan (Founder President, Amity University), Dr. Atul Chauhan (President, Amity University) and Dr. Balvinder Shukla (Vice Chancellor, Amity University) for their immense encouragement. We also express our gratitude to the reviewers for their expert comments for the manuscript.
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Agarwal, S., Pandey, R.S. & Jeyaseelan, C. Exploring the effect of various plasma parameters on whistler mode growth rates in the Jovian magnetosphere. Astrophys Space Sci 364, 133 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10509-019-3623-z
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