Evidence for the heating of thermal electrons at the magnetopause boundary layer

Details Evidence for the heating of thermal electrons at the magnetopause boundary layer Evidence for the heating of thermal electrons at the magnetopause boundary layer

Jun 1984

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1984p%26ss...32..657r&link_type=abstract

Planetary and Space Science (ISSN 0032-0633), vol. 32, June 1984, p. 657-659, 661-666.

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Boundary Layers, Electron Energy, Magnetopause, Space Plasmas, Energy Spectra, Geos 2 Satellite, Magnetosheath, Magnetospheric Electron Density, Plasma Diagnostics, Plasma Heating

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The suprathermal plasma analyzer on the geostationary satellite Geos-2 can identify magnetospheric, boundary layer and magnetosheath electron distributions around the dayside equatorial magnetopause. As examples, data from two days when magnetopause crossings occurred, August 28, 1978 and November 12, 1978, are discussed. The boundary layer electrons are intermediate in temperature and density between those in the ring current and the magnetosheath, but cannot be a simple admixture of the two populations. The transition from boundary layer to magnetosheath electrons is often sudden. It is believed to be coincident with the magnetopause, where the magnetic field changes from terrestrial to interplanetary.

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