Plasma and field observations of a compressional Pc 5 wave event

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Doppler Effect, Energetic Particles, Extremely Low Radio Frequencies, Magnetohydrodynamic Waves, Space Plasmas, Time Of Flight Spectrometers, Ampte (Satellites), Electron Energy, High Temperature Plasmas, Magnetic Fields, Plasma Density, Plasma Pressure

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The full complement of data obtained by all the instruments on board the AMPTE/IRM satellite during a Pc 5 wave event on October 24, 1984 is analyzed. Both energetic proton and electron fluxes were anticorrelated with the compressional magnetic field oscillations, indicating that the event belongs to the class of 'in-phase events'. The energetic proton data also exhibited a new feature: flux minima and maxima at low energies were observed somewhat later than those at higher energies. The magnetic and plasma pressure oscillations satisfy the pressure balance equation for the drift mirror mode much better than that for drift compressional Alfven waves. However, the classical criterion for the onset of the mirror instability is not satisfied.

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