Particle boundary structures at the magnetopause and the plasma sheet

Details Particle boundary structures at the magnetopause and the plasma sheet Particle boundary structures at the magnetopause and the plasma sheet

Aug 1979

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1979esasp.148..151p&link_type=abstract

In ESA Magnetospheric Boundary Layers p 151-156 (SEE N80-13529 04-42)

Physics

Boundary Layer Plasmas, Magnetopause, Particle Energy, Plasma Layers, Auroras, Energy Spectra, Magnetosheath, Magnetospheric Ion Density

Scientific paper

There are three classes of particle events in the vicinity of the magnetopause: a layer of particles right at the magnetopause which we identify with the boundary layer particles; spikes of particles just ahead of the magnetopause; and, sometimes, magnetosheath-like ions appearing inside the magnetosphere, the inclusion events. The energy spectra of these three classes of events are very similar, indicating a common particle source. The presence of a particle layer at the outer boundary of the plasma sheet is shown. This layer has typical dimensions of a few thousand km at 20 Earth radii. A typical velocity is a few tens of km/sec. These velocities and dimensions projected to ionospheric heights resemble those of visual auroras and suggest that aurorally associated particle phenomena are being detected.

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