Average electric wave spectra across the plasma sheet and their relation to ion bulk speed

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Nov 1989

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1989jgr....9415221b&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 94, Nov. 1, 1989, p. 15221-15230.

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Boundary Layers, Electromagnetic Noise, Geomagnetic Tail, Ionic Waves, Magnetohydrodynamic Flow, Plasma Waves, Electromagnetic Spectra, Flow Velocity, Spectrum Analysis, Velocity Distribution

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Using 4 months of tail data obtained by the ELF/MF spectrum analyzer of the wave experiment and the three-dimensional plasma instrument on board the AMPTE/IRM satellite, a statistical survey on the electric wave spectral density in the earth's plasma sheet has been conducted. More than 50,000 10-s-averaged electric wave spectra were analyzed with respect to differences between their values in the inner and outer central plasma sheet and the plasma sheet boundary layer as well as their dependence on radial distance and ion bulk speed. High-speed flows are dominated by broadband electrostatic noise with highest spectral densities in the plasma sheet boundary, where broadband electrostatic noise also exists during periods of low-speed flows. The broadband electrostatic noise has a typical spectral index of about -2. During low-speed flows the spectra in the central plasma sheet show distinct emissions at the electron cyclotron odd half-harmonic and upper hybrid frequency. Wave intensities during episodes of fast perpendicular flows are higher than those associated with fast parallel flows.

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