Observations of large electric fields near the plasmasheet boundary by ISEE-1

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May 1982

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1982georl...9..539c&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 9, May 1982, p. 539-542.

Physics

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Current Distribution, Electric Field Strength, International Sun Earth Explorer 1, Particle Density (Concentration), Plasmasphere, Radiation Counters, Atmospheric Boundary Layer, Auroras, Electrostatic Waves, Energetic Particles, Field Aligned Currents, Magnetic Flux, Plasma Density, Shock Waves

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Large electric field spikes of up to about 80 mV/m, at distances of seven to 23 earth radii, were detected within one minute of encountering the high-altitude plasma sheet boundary, as identified by energetic particle detectors. If these high-altitude events, whose strong electric fields occur in enhanced low-frequency turbulence and field-aligned current flow regions and are individually well-correlated with small-scale gradients in particle fluxes and small-scale currents, are mappings of the low-altitude electrostatic shocks, these data may be taken as evidence that poleward auroral field lines map to the boundary of the plasma sheet.

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