Identification of broad-band waves above the auroral acceleration region: Cluster observations

Details Identification of broad-band waves above the auroral acceleration region: Cluster observations Identification of broad-band waves above the auroral acceleration region: Cluster observations

Dec 2004

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2004angeo..22.4203b&link_type=abstract

Annales Geophysicae, vol. 22, Issue 12, pp.4203-4216

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We investigate broad-band emissions at frequencies above the ion gyrofrequency on auroral field lines at geocentric distances of about 4.5 Earth radii. Observations by the Cluster satellites are used to study the wave characteristics and to determine the wave modes involved. All events include some bursts of broad-band emissions with a substantial component of the electric field parallel to the geomagnetic field. Studying the polarization of the emissions we find that linear waves in a homogeneous plasma can be used to theoretically describe the observations. The broad-band emissions include short bursts of ion acoustic waves, and longer periods of ion Bernstein and Electrostatic Ion Cyclotron (EIC) waves. All waves occur during the same event within a few seconds, with EIC waves as the most common. Theoretically, there is no sharp limit between these wave modes and they can be described by the same dispersion surface. These emissions are closely associated with low-frequency Alfvén waves, indicating a possible generation mechanism.

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