Evidence for a large bulk ion conic heating region

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Oct 1986

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1986georl..13.1059t&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters (ISSN 0094-8276), vol. 13, Oct. 1986, p. 1059-1062. Research supported by the University of Califor

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Atmospheric Heating, Auroral Zones, Ion Temperature, Lines Of Force, Conics, Ion Distribution, Latitude, Monte Carlo Method, Oxygen Ions, Particle Motion, Satellite Observation

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The ion bowl distribution, a type of ion conic with a low energy ion cutoff and field-aligned low energy ions, can be explained by purely perpendicular heating of ions on auroral magnetic field lines. The ion bowl distribution provides evidence that there exists a bulk ion heating mechanism, as opposed to a mechanism that effects only the tail of the ion distribution, and that this heating mechanism acts along a large portion of the magnetic field line.

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