Computer Science – Sound
Scientific paper
Aug 1995
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1995adspr..16..125s&link_type=abstract
Advances in Space Research (ISSN 0273-1177), vol. 16, no. 4, p. (4)125-(4)136
Computer Science
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Earth (Planet), Electrons, Extremely Low Frequencies, Ions, Shock Waves, Sound Waves, Venus (Planet), Very Low Frequencies, Astronomical Maps, International Sun Earth Explorers, Ion Beams, Magnetic Field Configurations, Particle Acceleration, Pioneer Venus 1 Spacecraft, Plasma Oscillations, Radio Astronomy
Scientific paper
The region upstream of a planetary bow shock, known as the foreshock, contains a variety of phenomena. Electrons and ions are reflected and energized at the shock. As these stream back upstream, they generate both VLF and ULF waves. Studies of the terrestrial foreshock have provided most of our understanding of these phenomena. However, comparisons with other planetary foreshocks are beneficial, even though the instrumentation used to provide the data may be less sophisticated than that flown on Earth orbiting spacecraft. In particular, maps of the VLF emissions upstream of the Venus bow shock, using data acquired by the Pioneer Venus Orbiter are particularly illuminating. These maps show that the tangent field line is clearly marked by the presence of plasma oscillations. Of additional interest is evidence that the emissions only extend some 15 Venus radii away from the shock, indicating that the emissions are controlled by the shock scale size. Lower frequency ion acoustic waves are observed deep in the ion foreshock. Only close to the shock do both the ion acoustic waves and ULF waves occur simultaneously. The ULF waves mark the ion foreshock boundary where ion beams should be present. The ion acoustic waves tend to be observed further downstream, where diffuse ion distributions are expected to occur. A similar mapping of the terrestrial foreshock, using data from the ISEE-3 spacecraft shows similar results for the electron foreshock. An extensions of this study to include ULF and ion acoustic waves would be helpful.
Crawford Gregory Kim
Strangeway Robert J.
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