JEDI -- The Jupiter Energetic Particle Detector for the Juno mission

The Juno mission provides the first opportunity to conduct an in-depth exploration of Jupiter's polar magnetosphere. The high-inclination, low-periapsis orbit provides in-situ access to three critical regions: the auroral magnetic field lines, the equatorial magnetosphere, and the polar ionosphere. The Jupiter Energetic Particle Detector Instrument (JEDI) is one of several Juno magnetospheric instruments that will work together to resolve critical scientific questions about these novel environments, most importantly how Jupiter's dramatic aurora is generated. JEDI measures the energy, spectra, mass species (H, He, O, S), and angular distributions of the higher energy charged particles that: 1) are accelerated at low altitude by Jovian auroral processes, 2) precipitate into Jupiter's upper atmosphere, 3) heat and ionize the Jovian upper atmosphere, and 4) populate Jupiter's inner magnetosphere. JEDI is a compact, light-weight, time-of-flight (TOF) spectrometer that makes 3-parameter TOF and energy ion measurements, 2-parameter TOF-only ion measurements, and single parameter electron measurements in the 10-keV to 10-MeV ion and the 25-keV to 1-MeV electron energy range. The rapid spacecraft motion and slow spacecraft rotation requires that JEDI simultaneously and continuously resolve both magnetic loss cones at every position inside of ~3RJ. To achieve these measurements JEDI uses multiple sensors, each with six angular sectors evenly distributed in a 160° x 12° fan. Through these multiple views JEDI continuously samples within a 360° plane roughly normal to the spacecraft spin axis with full-sky coplanar coverage achieved each spacecraft spin. JEDI with its low resource requirements and rad-hard, high-speed electronics will make the demanding scientific observations required by the Juno mission.