Physics
Scientific paper
May 1982
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1982kosis..20..387z&link_type=abstract
Kosmicheskie Issledovaniia, vol. 20, May-June 1982, p. 387-398. In Russian.
Physics
Auroral Zones, Magnetospheric Ion Density, Plasma Diagnostics, Space Plasmas, Helium Ions, Hydrogen Ions, Oxygen Ions, Particle Acceleration, Positive Ions, Prognoz Satellites
Scientific paper
Prognoz-7 mass analysis of the plasma in the high-latitude boundary layer (the plasma mantle) provided direct evidence that the ionosphere is, along with the solar wind, a source of plasma in this region, filling it with H(+) and O(+) ions. The concentration of ionospheric O(+) ions in the mantle usually amounts to several percent, and the energy of these ions amounts to several keV. The content of O(+) ions is usually higher than that of He(+) ions, which is evidence of the ionospheric (and not plasmaspheric) origin of the O(+) ions. The mechanism of the acceleration of ionospheric ions is evidently such that it communicates an equal energy to all ions independently of mass. The content of O(+) ions positively correlates with the level of magnetospheric activity.
Dubinin Edouard M.
Khultkvist B.
Lundin Richard
Pisarenko N. F.
Zakharov Alexander V.
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