First results from the six-axis electron spectrometer on ISEE-1

Details First results from the six-axis electron spectrometer on ISEE-1 First results from the six-axis electron spectrometer on ISEE-1

Mar 1979

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1979ssrv...23..123o&link_type=abstract

(European Space Agency, ESLAB Symposium on Advances in Magnetospheric Physics with GEOS-1 and ISEE-1 and 2, 13th, Innsbruck, Aus

Physics

Electron Spectroscopy, International Sun Earth Explorer 1, Magnetopause, Satellite-Borne Instruments, Convective Flow, Heat Flux, Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence, Magnetosheath, Magnetospheric Electron Density, Plasma Diagnostics

Scientific paper

A survey, using results from the first 25 orbits of ISEE-1, has been made of some aspects of electrons in the dawn magnetosheath. There are indications that the flow of plasma is not uniformly turbulent over this region. The electron heat flux is observed to be directed away from the shock and to have an average value of about twice the interplanetary heat flux. Many magnetopause crossings were observed and usually resemble abrupt transitions from one well-defined plasma state to another. The ejection of plasma from flux tubes convected up against the magnetopause is observed for about half the time, and its thickness and dependence on the solar wind Mach number agree with theoretical predictions. A full traversal of the whole forward hemisphere of the magnetosheath is required to fully confirm these deductions

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