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Quasi-periodic polar flares at Jupiter: A signature of pulsed dayside reconnections?

Bonfond, B.; Vogt, M. F.; Gérard, J. -C. +3 more

The most dynamic part of the Jovian UV aurora is located inside the main auroral oval. This region is known to regularly show localized but dramatic enhancements on timescales of several tens of seconds, called polar flares. They have often been associated with the polar cusp, based on their location in the polar cap. The present study is based on…