Precipitation of solar wind like ions in the polar cap during northward interplanetary magnetic field

Details Precipitation of solar wind like ions in the polar cap during northward interplanetary magnetic field Precipitation of solar wind like ions in the polar cap during northward interplanetary magnetic field

Jul 1993

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993jgr....9811449n&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 98, no. A7, p. 11,449-11,457.

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Interplanetary Magnetic Fields, Ion Distribution, Particle Precipitation, Polar Caps, Solar Wind, Exos-D Satellite, Magnetohydrodynamic Waves

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At altitudes of 8000 to 10,000 km EXOS D (Akebono) has observed several cases of an almost monoenergetic band of ions that extends over spatial ranges of several degrees or more poleward of the cusp. The energy spectra of these ions vary little over large distances in each case, and are very similar to the high-energy component of the ion spectrum in the cusp. The ion spectra are compatible with the field-aligned beam where the energy of the bulk motion (0.7 - 2 keV) is about 10 times the thermal energy (0.04-0.2 keV). Number fluxes are of the order of 10 exp 6/sq cm s, and densities are of the order of 0.01/cu cm. These ion bands are observed during intervals of northward IMF, and are sometimes accompanied by electron precipitation of the polar rain type. These ions are likely to be the energetic component of the solar wind ions which are introduced into the magnetosphere together with MHD waves that are transmitted from the magnetosheath.

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