Characteristics of the ion pressure tensor in the Earth's magnetosheath: AMPTE/IRM observations

Details Characteristics of the ion pressure tensor in the Earth's magnetosheath: AMPTE/IRM observations Characteristics of the ion pressure tensor in the Earth's magnetosheath: AMPTE/IRM observations

Jan 1994

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Conference Paper, Dartmouth Coll. Hanover, NH United States Dept. of Physics and Astronomy.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Ampte (Satellites), Magnetosheath, Plasma Pressure, Tensor Analysis, Space Plasmas, Plasma Sheaths, Solar Planetary Interactions, Anisotropy, Distribution Functions, Eigenvalues, Eigenvectors, Magnetic Fields, Plasma Density, Earth Environment

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AMPTE/IRM satellite data are used to examine characteristics of the ion pressure tensor in the Earth's magnetosheath. The eigenvalues and principal axes of the pressure tensor are computed, and the directions of the principal axes are compared to the direction of the independently measured magnetic field B. When the pressure tensor is anisotropic, as is usually the case in the magnetosheath, one of its eigenvalues is observed to be distinguishable from the other two, which are about equal to one another. The eigenvector associated with the distinguishable eigenvalue is an axis of symmetry of the pressure tensor. This symmetry axis is generally not parallel to B. New features of the plasma distribution function are revealed by using the actual eigenvalues of the pressure tensors rather than the usual p(perpendicular) and p(parallel) where perpendicular and parallel denote directions to B.

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