Structure and properties of the subsolar magnetopause for northward interplanetary magnetic field - Multiple-instrument particle observations

Details Structure and properties of the subsolar magnetopause for northward interplanetary magnetic field - Multiple-instrument particle observations Structure and properties of the subsolar magnetopause for northward interplanetary magnetic field - Multiple-instrument particle observations

Jul 1993

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993jgr....9811319s&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 98, no. A7, p. 11,319-11,337.

Physics

59

Boundary Layer Plasmas, Interplanetary Magnetic Fields, Ion Distribution, Magnetopause, Magnetospheric Ion Density, Electron Distribution, Magnetic Field Configurations, Satellite Observation

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The paper examines the structure and properties of the subsolar magnetopause for northward IMF on the basis of measurements from 10 different instrument for three ISEE crossings. It is shown that the overall structure and properties are similar for the three crossings, indicating that the magnetopause is relatively well determined in the subsolar region for strongly northward IMF. The combined data set suggests that the magnetopause region is best organized by defining a sheath transition layer and steplike boundary layers. The electron flux enhancements in the lowest energies in the boundary layers and magnetosphere are found to be ionospheric electrons and not photoelectrons from the spacecraft. For northward IMF, they are photoelectrons, but for southward IMF they may be secondary electrons. The density measurements from differential and integral techniques are similar, leaving no room for a significant 'invisible' population.

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