Upstream energetic ions and electrons - Bow shock-associated or magnetospheric origin

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Bow Waves, Earth Magnetosphere, Energetic Particles, International Sun Earth Explorers, Proton Flux Density, Solar Terrestrial Interactions, Electron Energy, Geomagnetism, Particle Interactions, Shock Waves, Spectrum Analysis, Statistical Analysis

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An analysis is made of 35 proton bursts observed with the Max-Planck-Institut/University of Maryland sensor system on ISEE 3 far upstream of the earth's bow shock. These upstream bursts are found to fall into two distinctive groups. The first is accompanied by energetic electrons (more than about 75 keV), and the proton spectrum extends up to energies greater than about 300 keV and higher and bends over toward lower energies (less than about 30 keV). The second group, which is unaccompanied by energetic electron bursts, exhibits spectra which can be represented extremely well by exponentials in energy with a mean e-folding energy of approximately 15 keV. The first group is thought to be of a magnetospheric origin, and the second to be bow-shock associated.

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