Observations of penetrated solar wind plasma elements in the plasma mantle

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Jan 1982

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1982p%26ss...30...81l&link_type=abstract

Planetary and Space Science, vol. 30, Jan. 1982, p. 81-91. Research supported by the Swedish Board for Space Activities.

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Magnetopause, Plasma Composition, Prognoz Satellites, Satellite Observation, Solar Wind, Density Measurement, Earth Magnetosphere, Helium Ions, Hydrogen Ions, Magnetosheath, Plasma Density, Plasma Diagnostics, Plasma Sheaths, Solar Terrestrial Interactions

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Prognoz-7 observations of intense magnetosheath-like plasma deep inside the high-latitude boundary layer, the plasma mantle, indicate that solar wind plasma elements may occasionally penetrate the magnetopause and form high-density regions in the plasma mantle. These magnetosheath-like regions are usually associated with the intense flow of solar wind ions (e.g., H/+/ and He/2+/) and the presence of terrestrial ions (e.g., O/+/). The magnetosheath-like structures may roughly be classified as newly injected and stagnant. The newly injected structures have characteristics very similar to those found in the magnetosheath, i.e., intense antisunward flow and magnetosheath ion composition and density. The stagnant structures are characterized by a reduced plasma flow, a lower density, and a different ion composition as compared with that in the magnetosheath.

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