Correlation between core ion energization, suprathermal electron bursts, and broadband ELF plasma waves

Details Correlation between core ion energization, suprathermal electron bursts, and broadband ELF plasma waves Correlation between core ion energization, suprathermal electron bursts, and broadband ELF plasma waves

Mar 1998

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1998jgr...103.4171k&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research, Volume 103, Issue A3, p. 4171-4186

Physics

Plasma Physics

59

Magnetospheric Physics: Magnetosphere/Ionosphere Interactions, Magnetospheric Physics: Plasma Waves And Instabilities, Space Plasma Physics: Charged Particle Motion And Acceleration, Space Plasma Physics: Wave/Particle Interactions

Scientific paper

Observations of the lowest energy or core ions provide a particularly sensitive measure of the early stages of auroral ion energization. Freja satellite observations of 0-20 eV core ions in the topside auroral ionosphere and cusp/cleft show signs of heating within both regions of VLF hiss and broadband ELF plasma waves. However, heating to several eV or more is associated predominantly with the ELF waves. A correlation analysis of wave and core ion data formed from orbital segments shows that, on average, correlations are highest for wave frequencies below several hundred Hz, and less at VLF hiss frequencies. A similar analysis shows a higher correlation between electron precipitation and ion heating for electron energies below several hundred eV (i.e., the energies associated with suprathermal electron bursts) and a lower correlation above the 1 keV energies associated with auroral inverted-V's. Signs of core ion heating begin to appear when wave power at the O+ gyrofrequency exceeds about 10-3(mVm-1)2/Hz, and when the integrated field-aligned electron flux exceeds a few times 107cm-2s-1sr-1. This electron energy flux threshold is at least an order of magnitude lower than previously inferred from earlier studies comparing suprathermal electron fluxes and energetic ions. Almost all observed heating events occur during enhanced or active geomagnetic conditions; i.e., Kp>=4. While the most intense core ion heating is correlated with broadband ELF waves, we also present one example of weak ion heating of a few eV in a region of VLF auroral hiss.

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