Variations with geomagnetic activity of the O+/N+ ratio in the polar cusp

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Mar 1982

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1982kosis..20..308v&link_type=abstract

Kosmicheskie Issledovaniia, vol. 20, Mar.-Apr. 1982, p. 308-310. In Russian.

Physics

Magnetopause, Magnetospheric Ion Density, Nitrogen Ions, Oxygen Ions, Polar Caps, Polar Cusps, Electron Precipitation, F Region, Photochemical Reactions, Solar Activity Effects, Solar Terrestrial Interactions

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An analysis of the available data shows that variations of the O+/N+ ratio at 900 km as a function of the Kp index in the solar activity minimum in the unilluminated cusp are primarily determined by variations of the flux of precipitating electrons. In the illuminated cusp, variations of this ratio are primarily determined by variations of O2 concentration, which variations are responsible for the disappearance of N(+) ions. This explanation confirms the importance of the reaction of O(+) ions with N(2D) atoms for the photochemistry of N(+) ions in the F2 region.

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