The effects of density gradients on the convective amplification of upper hybrid waves in the magnetosphere

Details The effects of density gradients on the convective amplification of upper hybrid waves in the magnetosphere The effects of density gradients on the convective amplification of upper hybrid waves in the magnetosphere

Nov 1985

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Planetary and Space Science (ISSN 0032-0633), vol. 33, Nov. 1985, p. 1331-1357.

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Magnetospheric Electron Density, Plasma Waves, Space Plasmas, Amplification, Electron Distribution, Electrostatic Waves, Magnetohydrodynamic Stability, Refractivity, Wave Dispersion

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Intense (at least 10 mV/m) electrostatic plasma waves have been detected near the upper hybrid frequency between + or -50 deg MLAT during recent GEOS-1 crossings. Wave growth rate and convective amplification calculations were carried out in order to explain the occurrence of intense upper hybrid (IUH) events over such a wide range of latitudes. The effects of wave refractions were taken into account in the convective amplification calculations. Specific results are presented for the upper hybrid wave growth of an IUH event occurring at 10 deg MLAT. It is shown that a density gradient may be necessary to explain the observed amplification at 10 deg MLAT. At the equator, however, the long scale length of the magnetic field gradient enables large amplitudes to be attained without a density gradient. The results of a UH ray tracing analysis are discussed within the framework of current theories concerning magnetospheric continuum radiation.

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