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Scientific paper
Nov 1976
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1976jgr....81.5431s&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 81, Nov. 1, 1976, p. 5431-5437.
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Current Sheets, Electron Distribution, Interplanetary Medium, Plasma-Particle Interactions, Shock Wave Propagation, Solar Wind, Pioneer 8 Space Probe, Plasma Density, Plasma Diagnostics, Plasma Dynamics, Plasma Probes, Plasma Waves, Satellite Observation
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A strong interplanetary shock was detected by the Pioneer 8 magnetometer, plasma probe, and wave instrument at 0048 UT, on June 11, 1968. During the rest of this day the interplanetary medium was highly disturbed as seven well-defined current layers or D sheets, as well as a number of other localized interaction regions, swept past the spacecraft. The local plasma characteristics that were best correlated with passage of the D sheets appeared to involve changes in the suprathermal electron population. Changes in the 400-Hz wave levels were also detected near the discontinuities during periods when the local ion plasma frequency was near 400 Hz, but the limited measurement capability of the Pioneer 8 wave instrument does not allow an unambiguous identification of the wave-particle interactions associated with these measurements.
Burlaga Leonard Francis
Mihalov John D.
Scarf Frederick L.
Wolfe John H.
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