Open-Source Software for Plasma Emission Simulations and Diffusive Equilibrium Field line Distributions in the Io Plasma Torus

The torus is composed predominantly of sulfur and oxygen ions supplied by an extended atomic neutral cloud ultimately derived from SO2 in Io's atmosphere. The major species of the torus are S+, S++, S+++, O+, and O++. The emission is diagnostic of plasma conditions, and the majority of the emission is in the UV where a terawatt of energy is emitted. The emission is highly variable with different plasma distributions and 3D models. We provide an open-source software to produce 3D distributions of plasma and separate open-source software to then use the produced 3D plasma distributions to simulate emission at various wavelengths the resulting plasma would produce. Software is provided in Python, Fortran, C++, IDL, MATLAB, and Mathematica. CPU parallelized versions in Fortran and C++ using MPI are also provided. Further in single node applications a CPU parallelized Python version using multiprocessing is also provided.

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Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
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2026-10-05
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23166261
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Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics
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Open-Source Software for Plasma Emission Simulations and Diffusive Equilibrium Field line Distributions in the Io Plasma Torus

Edward Gregory Nerney
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics
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Open-Source Software for Plasma Emission Simulations and Diffusive Equilibrium Field line Distributions in the Io Plasma Torus

Edward Gregory Nerney
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Abstract

The torus is composed predominantly of sulfur and oxygen ions supplied by an extended atomic neutral cloud ultimately derived from SO2 in Io's atmosphere. The major species of the torus are S+, S++, S+++, O+, and O++. The emission is diagnostic of plasma conditions, and the majority of the emission is in the UV where a terawatt of energy is emitted. The emission is highly variable with different plasma distributions and 3D models. We provide an open-source software to produce 3D distributions of plasma and separate open-source software to then use the produced 3D plasma distributions to simulate emission at various wavelengths the resulting plasma would produce. Software is provided in Python, Fortran, C++, IDL, MATLAB, and Mathematica. CPU parallelized versions in Fortran and C++ using MPI are also provided. Further in single node applications a CPU parallelized Python version using multiprocessing is also provided.

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Dublin Institute For Advanced Studies (IE)
Openalex Percentile: Top 10%
Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics
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