Physics
Scientific paper
Oct 1974
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1974georl...1..235p&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 1, Oct. 1974, p. 235-238.
Physics
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Cold Plasmas, Hiss, Magnetospheric Instability, Proton Density (Concentration), Ring Currents, Anisotropy, Bandwidth, Extremely Low Frequencies, Free Energy, Wave Packets, Wave Propagation
Scientific paper
Plasmaspheric hiss is broadband ELF noise between 100 and 2000 Hz generally occurring inside the plasmasphere. It is proposed that some plasmaspheric ELF hiss is generated by ring current protons. The mechanism by which waves are generated is the anisotropic proton instability magnetospheric (APIM) hiss mechanism. APIM hiss (with a frequency close to the lower hybrid resonance frequency) is a loss-cone, flute instability arising from proton velocity space anisotropies. The energy driving the waves comes from the free energy of the 'inverted population' of the proton loss-cone distribution. The APIM hiss mechanism predicts the bandwidth, center frequency, source location, and wave normal angle of some types of plasmaspheric hiss. APIM hiss is suggested as a possible additional loss mechanism for ring current protons.
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