The production and transport of plasma mass are essential processes in the dynamics of
planetary magnetospheres. At Jupiter, it is hypothesized that Io's volcanic plasma carried out
of the plasma torus is transported radially outward in the rotating magnetosphere and is
recurrently ejected as plasmoid via tail reconnection. The plasmoid ejection is likely
associated with particle energization, radial plasma flow, and transient auroral emissions.
However, it has not been demonstrated that plasmoid ejection is sensitive to mass loading …

Plasma production and transfer processes in the planetary and stellar magnetospheres are
essential for understanding the space environments around the celestial bodies. It is
hypothesized that the mass of plasma loaded from Io's volcano to Jupiter's rotating
magnetosphere is recurrently ejected as blobs from the distant tail region of the
magnetosphere. The plasma ejections are possibly triggered by the magnetic
reconnections, which are followed by the particle energization, bursty planetward plasma …