Ion drift in the earth's inner plasmasphere during magnetospheric disturbances and proton temperature dynamics

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Based on the thermal plasma measurements in the Earth’s inner plasmasphere on the INTER-BALL-2 and MAGION-5 satellites it has been indicated that the plasmaspheric ion temperature as a rule decreases during the main phase of magnetic storms; in this case the plasma density increases or remains at the level typical of undisturbed conditions. The physical mechanism by which the ion drift during a magnetic storm results in a temperature decrease is described. It is shown that the third adiabatic invariant also remains in processes with a characteristic time shorter than the period of charged particle drift around the Earth for cold equatorial plasma. The constructed model of the drift shell displacement from the Earth caused by a decrease in the magnetic field in the inner magnetosphere during the development of a magnetic storm satisfactorily describes the decrease in the proton temperature near the equatorial plane.

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