Physics
Scientific paper
Nov 1980
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1980jgr....85.5997r&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 85, Nov. 1, 1980, p. 5997-6005.
Physics
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Earth Magnetosphere, Interplanetary Magnetic Fields, Magnetic Signatures, Plasma-Particle Interactions, Proton Energy, Cusps, Energy Dissipation, Ion Distribution, Magnetosheath, Satellite Observation, Trapped Particles
Scientific paper
The variation of proton average energy with latitude in the cusp has been suggested as an indicator of the means of particle entry. If magnetic merging is the principal means of particle entry, the proton average energy should fall with increasing latitude; if diffusion is the principal means, the average energy should first fall and then briefly rise as a function of latitude, showing a 'V' signature. In the present work, 60 selected cusp passes of the AE-D satellite for which IMP-J interplanetary or magnetosheath magnetic-field data were available were examined. About one-third of these passes showed clear or likely merging-type energy dispersions; a third showed clear or likely V-type energy dispersions, and a third showed unclear or no energy dispersions. The results are strongly correlated with the IMF - the merging signatures are associated with southward IMF and the V signatures with northward IMF. Unclear cases are associated with unsteady or weakly northward IMF.
Burch James. L.
Reiff Patricia H.
Spiro Robert W.
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