Polar Spacecraft Observations and Particle-In-Cell Simulations of Solitary Waves

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May 2002

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American Geophysical Union, Spring Meeting 2002, abstract #SM21B-08

Physics

7815 Electrostatic Structures, 7839 Nonlinear Phenomena, 7843 Numerical Simulation Studies, 7871 Waves And Instabilities

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Solitary waves are discrete non-linear wave structures that have been observed in many regions of the magnetosphere. These solitary structures have electric fields parallel to the background magnetic field and they also move rapidly parallel to the background magnetic field. These solitary waves are typically split into two groups: solitary waves which are associated with ions which move with speeds on the order of 100's of km s{-1} and solitary waves associated with electrons which move with speeds on the order 1000's of km s-1. In this study we will present Polar spacecraft observations of both electron and ion associated solitary waves and also simulations of ion associated solitary waves. The Polar spacecraft observations of the solitary waves will include measurements of the propagation speed, potential amplitude, and spatial structure of the solitary waves, as well as particle data during the solitary waves. The simulations will be done with a ES2, a 2.5D electrostatic particle-in-cell code. The simulation and observation results will be compared for the case of the ion solitary waves.

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