Physics
Scientific paper
Mar 2007
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2007jastp..69..191l&link_type=abstract
Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, Volume 69, Issue 3, p. 191-211.
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This tutorial review examines the role of O+ in the dynamics of magnetosphere ionosphere coupling. The life cycle of an O+ plasma element is considered as it circulates from the mid- to high-latitude ionosphere. Energization and diversion of the convecting plasma element into outflows involves Alfvénic turbulence at the low-altitude base of the cusp and plasmasheet boundary layer and in downward-current “pressure cookers.” Observational evidence indicating that O+ dominates the plasmasheet and ring current during extreme storm intervals is reviewed. The impacts of an O+-enriched plasma on solar wind magnetosphere ionosphere coupling are considered at both the micro and global scales. A synthesis of results from observation, theory and simulations suggests that the presence of O+ in the magnetosphere is both a disruptive and a moderating agent in maintaining the balance between dayside and nightside magnetic merging.
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