Electron generation of electrostatic waves in the plasma sheet boundary layer

Details Electron generation of electrostatic waves in the plasma sheet boundary layer Electron generation of electrostatic waves in the plasma sheet boundary layer

Sep 1993

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993jgr....9815509o&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 98, no. A9, p. 15,509-15,519.

Physics

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Boundary Layers, Electrostatic Waves, Plasma-Particle Interactions, Plasmas (Physics), Wave Generation, Electron Distribution, Electron Scattering, Ion Distribution, Plasma Heating

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Broadband electrostatic noise (BEN) has been shown to occur in conjunction with ion beams; extensive investigations of possible ion beam-related instabilities that could generate the observed wave spectra have been conducted. It has also been demonstrated that unstable electron distribution functions are sometimes measured in the plasma sheet boundary layer. We present simultaneous observations of ion and electron distribution functions and electric field wave spectra measured by ISEE 1 and ISEE 2 in the Earth's magnetotail. As the spacecraft moved from the tail lobe toward the plasma sheet, the fast indication of boundary layer plasma was seen in the electron distributions, followed some minutes later by the detection of boundary layer ions. The onset of large-amplitude electrostatic waves at frequencies up to the electron plasma frequency was coincident with the onset of the boundary layer electrons, suggesting that broadband electrostatic waves may often be generated by unstable electron distributions in the plasma sheet boundary layer, particularly the higher frequency portion of the wave spectrum. The observed changes in the electron distribution functions indicate that the plasma was not heated locally by the waves.

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