Coupled hydromagnetic wave excitation and ion acceleration upstream of the earth's bow shock

Details Coupled hydromagnetic wave excitation and ion acceleration upstream of the earth's bow shock Coupled hydromagnetic wave excitation and ion acceleration upstream of the earth's bow shock

Jul 1982

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1982jgr....87.5063l&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 87, July 1, 1982, p. 5063-5080.

Physics

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Bow Waves, Ion Motion, Magnetohydrodynamic Waves, Particle Acceleration, Shock Waves, Wave Excitation, Atmospheric Models, Diffusion Theory, Kinetic Equations, Magnetosheath, Shock Fronts, Solar Wind, Wave Equations

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A self-consistent theory is set forth for the excitation of hydromagnetic waves and the acceleration of 'diffuse' ions upstream of the earth's bow shock in the quasi-equilibrium that results when the solar wind velocity and the interplanetary magnetic field are nearly parallel. For the waves, the quasi-equilibrium derives from a balance between excitation by the ions, which stream relative to the solar wind plasma, and convective loss to the magnetosheath. For the diffuse ions, the quasi-equilibrium derives from a balance between injection at the shock front, confinement to the foreshock by pitch angle scattering on the waves, and acceleration by compression at the shock front. It also results from loss to the magnetosheath, loss due to escape upstream of the foreshock, and loss via diffusion perpendicular to the average magnetic field onto field lines that do not connect to the shock front. Diffusion equations describing the ion transport and wave kinetic equations describing the hydromagnetic wave transport are solved self-consistently to give analytical expressions. These describe (1) the differential wave intensity spectrum as a function of frequency and distance from the bow shock and (2) the ion omnidirectional distribution functions and anisotropies as functions of energy and distance from the bow shock.

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