Physics
Scientific paper
Aug 1978
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1978jgr....83.3841c&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 83, Aug. 1, 1978, p. 3841-3848.
Physics
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Dawn Chorus, Earth Magnetosphere, Energetic Particles, Equatorial Atmosphere, High Energy Electrons, Magnetic Storms, Auroral Zones, Cyclotron Radiation, Electron Flux Density, Spectral Energy Distribution, Whistlers
Scientific paper
Previous observations during magnetospheric substorms reveal the existence of relatively narrow band electromagnetic emissions occurring slightly above and below one half of the electron cyclotron frequency in the equatorial magnetosphere beyond the plasmapause. Between these two bands of emission there exists a gap of much lower emission intensity. In this paper an interpretation is presented for these chorus observations wherein the lower emission band is represented by whistler noise and the upper emission band is described by the lowest harmonic of the ordinary mode. These emissions are assumed to be locally generated at the observation point. Both emission bands are excited by power law-distributed energetic electrons with a variable spectral index and a weak loss cone feature. The form of these energetic electrons is similar to the forms observed simultaneously with the chorus emissions. The calculated growth rates show a frequency distribution similar to that of the measured emissions. In addition, the same energetic electron distribution can also produce the electrostatic gyroharmonic emissions often seen by observers in conjunction with chorus emissions during substorms.
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