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Jupiter's X-ray Emission During the 2007 Solar Minimum

Jackman, C. M.; Paranicas, C.; Ness, J. -U. +22 more

The 2007-2009 solar minimum was the longest of the space age. We present the first of two companion papers on Chandra and XMM-Newton X-ray campaigns of Jupiter through February-March 2007. We find that low solar X-ray flux during solar minimum causes Jupiter's equatorial regions to be exceptionally X-ray dim (0.21 GW at minimum; 0.76 GW at maximum…