Observations of short large-amplitude magnetic structures at a quasi-parallel shock

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Apr 1992

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Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 97, no. A4, April 1, 1992, p. 4209-4227.

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Extremely Low Radio Frequencies, Magnetic Field Configurations, Normal Shock Waves, Satellite Observation, Space Plasmas, Geomagnetism, Magnetohydrodynamic Stability, Solar Wind

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Results of a detailed analysis of short large-amplitude magnetic structures (SLAMS) observed at an encounter of the quasi-parallel blow shock by the AMPTE UKS and IRM satellites are presented. Isolated SLAMS, surrounded by solar wind conditions, and embedded SLAMS, which lie within or form the boundary with regions of significant heating and deceleration, are identified. The duration, polarization, and other characteristics of SLAMS are all consistent with their growth directly out of the ULF wave field, including the common occurrence of an attached whistler as found in ULF shocklets. The plasma rest frame propagation speeds and two-spacecraft time delays for all cases show that the SLAMS attempt to propagate upstream against the oncoming flow, but are convected back downstream. The speeds and delays vary systematically with SLAMS amplitude in the way anticipated from nonlinear wave theory, as do their polarization features. Inter-SLAMS regions and boundary regions with solar wind contain hot deflected ions of lesser density than within the SLAMS.

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