Ion distributions associated with mirror waves in the Earth's magnetosheath

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Mar 1995

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1995adspr..15..345l&link_type=abstract

Advances in Space Research (ISSN 0273-1177), vol. 15, no. 8-9, p. 345-348

Computer Science

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Ion Distribution, Linearity, Magnetic Mirrors, Magnetosheath, Nonlinearity, Plasma Waves, Stability, Data Correlation, Data Reduction, Ion Density (Concentration), Kinetic Theory

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We report on a study of ion velocity distribution functions in regions of mirro wave activity in the Earth's magnetosheath. Two cases of mirror waves are discussed, the first an episode of quasi-sinusoidal, 'linear' waves, and the second consisting of monolithic, 'nonlinear' structures. We have observed changes in the distribution functions from the peak of a mirror wave to the trough that can not be attributed to a simple MHD description of the mirror instability and show similarities to computer simulations and the linear kinetic theory for the instability.

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