Physics – Plasma Physics
Scientific paper
Nov 2006
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2006jgra..11111s09y&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research, Volume 111, Issue A11, CiteID A11S09
Physics
Plasma Physics
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Magnetospheric Physics: Ring Current, Magnetospheric Physics: Substorms, Magnetospheric Physics: Magnetosphere: Inner, Magnetospheric Physics: Plasma Convection (2463), Space Plasma Physics: Charged Particle Motion And Acceleration
Scientific paper
Source of wedge-like dispersed sub-keV ring current ions (wedge-like structure) is investigated using Cluster CIS data. Statistics from nearly 550 traversals show that the wedge-like structure with upper energy extending to ordinary energy of ring current is found mostly in the morning sector whereas those limited within sub-keV range are found mostly in the noon-to-afternoon sector. The former is most likely the original form of the latter. With this knowledge, the Cluster traversal on 21 October 2001 turned out to be a unique observation that reveals the formation of the wedge-like structure. Spacecraft 1 and 4 detected a wedge-like structure of 0.1 ~ 10 keV protons at 2350 UT, while spacecraft 3 did not detect it 10 min before in the same magnetic flux tube. With the observed electric field of less than 3 mV/m, this fact indicates that the dispersion started within half an hour. Pitch angle distributions of the wedge-like structure is in most cases double conic-like butterfly distributions, but the wedge-like dispersed oxygen ions during the 21 October 2001 event flow mainly from one direction (from Northern Hemisphere) without a loss cone. With its characteristic energy of 0.05 ~ 0.3 keV, these oxygen ions originate from the Northern Hemisphere about 20 ~ 30 min before the observation. Both the dispersion analysis and the oxygen ion tracing suggest that the observed wedge-like structure is formed in the late morning sector during the latest substorm that started at 2310 UT. Possible mechanisms of the morning source are discussed.
Balogh André
C:son Brandt Pontus
Daly Patrick W.
Dandouras Iannis
Ebihara Yasuhiro
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