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Aug 1976
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1976jgr....81.3919l&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 81, Aug. 1, 1976, p. 3919-3922.
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Atmospheric Models, Cold Plasmas, Earth Magnetosphere, Ion Cyclotron Radiation, Magnetohydrodynamic Stability, Drift Rate, Magnetic Dipoles, Particle Motion, Plasma Density
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The paper is concerned with a quantitative study of the frequency dispersion characteristics of the ion cyclotron mode in a realistic dipole magnetosphere where the particles are allowed to drift azimuthally. The adopted model assumes that the particles are injected at a constant L shell in an extended region around local midnight. A drift-convoluted distribution function is used to study the spatial and temporal characteristics of the ion cyclotron instability. Two cases are examined: one in which the cold plasma density is constant and the other in which the cold particle density is allowed to vary. The resulting growth rates are presented in both the frequency versus coordinate space and the frequency versus time space. Possible inferences regarding wave emissions such as IPDP (intervals of pulsations of diminishing period) events are discussed. It is shown that the frequency dispersive effects can be produced by either the drift effects or changing the cold plasma density.
Lin Chang-Shou
Parks George K.
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