Physics – Plasma Physics
Scientific paper
Oct 1995
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1995jgr...10019361v&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research, Volume 100, Issue A10, p. 19361-19370
Physics
Plasma Physics
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Ionosphere: Particle Precipitation, Magnetospheric Physics: Auroral Phenomena, Space Plasma Physics: Wave/Particle Interactions, Magnetospheric Physics: Plasma Sheet
Scientific paper
Resonant electron-whistler interactions in the plasma sheet are investigated as possible explanations of the nearly isotropic fluxes of low-energy electrons observed above the diffuse aurora. Whistler mode waves, propagating near the resonance cone with frequencies near or larger than half the equatorial electron cyclotron frequency, can interact with low-energy plasma sheet electrons. A Hamiltonian formulation is developed for test particles interacting with the coherent chorus emission spectra. We consider the second-order resonance condition which requires that inhomogeneities in the Earth's magnetic field be compensated by a finite bandwidth of wave frequencies to maintain resonance for extended distances along field lines. These second-order interactions are very efficient in scattering the electrons toward the atmospheric loss cone. Numerical calculations are presented for the magnetic shell L=5.5 for wave amplitudes of ~10-6 V/m, using different frequency and magnetospheric conditions. .
Burke William J.
Villalon Elena
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