Observations of ULF oscillations in the ion fluxes at small pitch angles with ATS 6

Details Observations of ULF oscillations in the ion fluxes at small pitch angles with ATS 6 Observations of ULF oscillations in the ion fluxes at small pitch angles with ATS 6

Feb 1980

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1980jgr....85..515s&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 85, Feb. 1, 1980, p. 515-522.

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Ats 6, Extremely Low Radio Frequencies, Ion Concentration, Magnetohydrodynamic Waves, Plasma Oscillations, Flux (Rate), Magnetic Fields, Particle Telescopes, Pitch (Inclination)

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The ultra-low-frequency modulation of ion flux densities at small pitch angles observed by ATS 6 is examined, with particular attention given to a detailed analysis of a representative event. ULF modulation events with maximum modulation at small pitch angles were identified 14 times during the first eight months of operation of the NOAA low-energy particle detector on ATS 6. For the event of October 23, 1974, maximum flux modulation, with a maximum/minimum intensity ratio of 3.7, was observed in the 100 to 150 keV detector at an angle of 32 deg to the ambient field. Spectral analysis of magnetic field data reveals a right elliptically polarized magnetic perturbation with a 96-sec period and a 5-gamma rms amplitude, propagating in the dipole meridian at an angle of about 15 deg to the ambient field and the dipole axis. Proton flux modulation is found to lag the field by up to 180 deg for the lowest-energy channel. Observations are compared with the drift wave, MHD slow wave, and bounce resonant interaction associated with transverse wave models, and it is found that none of the wave models can adequately account for all of the correlated particle and field oscillations.

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