Heavy ions in the magnetosphere

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May 1979

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1979ssrv...23..465s&link_type=abstract

(COSPAR, IAU, IUGG, IUPAP, and URSI, International Symposium on Solar Terrestrial Physics, Innsbruck, Austria, May 29-June 3, 19

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Heavy Ions, Ion Sources, Magnetic Storms, Magnetospheric Ion Density, Particle Acceleration, Auroral Zones, Graphs (Charts), Helium Ions, Magnetically Trapped Particles, Oxygen Ions, Positive Ions, Precipitation, Ring Currents, Satellite Observation, Solar Wind

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This review focuses on ions in the energy range between 100 eV and 100 keV. O(+) and He(+) have been identified as significant components of the storm time ring current, which suggests that an ionospheric source may be involved in the generation of fluxes responsible for this current. Mass spectrometer measurements aboard the S3-3 satellite have shown that ionospheric ions in the auroral zone are frequently accelerated upward along geomagnetic field lines to several keV energy in the height region from 5000 km to greater than 8000 km. This auroral acceleration region is probably the source for magnetospheric heavy ions of ionospheric origin, but further acceleration would probably be required to bring them to characteristic ring current energies.

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