A new model for the ion beams in the plasma sheet boundary layer

Details A new model for the ion beams in the plasma sheet boundary layer A new model for the ion beams in the plasma sheet boundary layer

Jan 1987

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1987georl..14...68w&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters (ISSN 0094-8276), vol. 14, Jan. 1987, p. 68-71.

Physics

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Boundary Layers, Earth Magnetosphere, Geomagnetic Tail, Ion Beams, Plasma Layers, Expansion, Ion Injection, Magnetosheath, Particle Acceleration

Scientific paper

A new model is proposed for the ion beams frequently observed in the plasma sheet boundary layer. The model assumes injection of magnetosheath plasma onto closed tail field lines. The plasma then expands along the field lines and is convected towards the earth. Particle simulations of the expansion process are used to calculate properties of these beams. The expansion produces beams of ions at energies of up to a few tens of k(B)T(e), which are consistent with the observed energies of the beams.

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