Electrons in the boundary layers near the dayside magnetopause

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May 1991

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1991jgr....96.7869h&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 96, May 1, 1991, p. 7869-7891.

Physics

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Atmospheric Boundary Layer, Magnetopause, Magnetospheric Electron Density, Solar Wind, Ampte (Satellites), Daytime, Heos Satellites

Scientific paper

Entry of heated solar wind plasma into the magnetosphere is examined using electron distributions measured by AMPTE UKS and HEOS 2. In particular, the angular structure of the electron distributions is studied within the transition region separating the magnetosheath from the inner magnetosphere. The measurements suggest that electrons in the outer part of the transition region originate in the magnetosheath, while the population closer to the earth consists of electrons from the magnetosphere combined with an energized magnetosheath component. This energized component contains 'counterstreaming' electrons, which are confirmed to directions closely parallel and antiparallel to the magnetic field direction. The possibilities, that the energization of the counterstreaming electrons is cumulatively gained from either waves, electric fields perpendicular to the magnetic field, or quasi-Fermi acceleration, are discussed. It is not possible to identify the topology of the magnetic fields of the outer part of the region, but there is strong evidence that the inner part is on closed magnetic field lines, which map to the dayside auroal zone. The outer part of the transition region is a plasma depletion/magnetic field compression layer. The structure of the transition region is smaller to that surrounding flux transfer events, which leads to the deduction that the plasma and field signatures of flux transfer events may be the result of displacement of the transition region earthward. Cases where the displacement is such that the field maximum of the depletion/compression region is encountered may well explain 'crater' flux transfer event signatures.

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