A study of Jupiter's auroral X-rays

木星是我们太阳系中最大的行星，拥有强大的磁场和包括紫外线和x射线在内的几个波长的极光。这个项目将集中使用包括钱德拉在内的太空望远镜来观察木星的x射线发射，并了解它们的强度，它们是如何在地球的两极周围传播的，以及它们是否有任何特定的周期性脉冲。所有这些特征（亮度、形态、周期性）都可以用来探测这些x射线是如何产生的。远程太空望远镜的观测结果可以与朱诺号等航天器的数据进行比较，朱诺号绕木星运行，直接对其磁环境（磁层）的特性进行采样。

Jupiter is the biggest planet in our solar system, with a strong magnetic field and dramatic auroral emissions in several wavelengths including UV and X-ray. This project will focus on the use of space telescopes including Chandra to observe Jupiter's X-ray emissions and understand their intensity, how they are spread around the poles of the planet, and whether they may pulse with any particular periodicity. All of these features (brightness, morphology, periodicity) can then be used to probe the underlying physics of how these X-rays are generated. The observations from remote space telescopes can be compared to data from spacecraft such as Juno which orbit Jupiter and sample the properties of its magnetic environment (magnetosphere) directly.