Thermal electron densities and temperatures in the dayside cusp region

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Daytime, Electric Fields, Electron Energy, Electron Precipitation, Magnetospheric Electron Density, Proton Precipitation, Explorer 40 Satellite, F Region, Field Aligned Currents, Isis Satellites, Plasma Density, Plasma Temperature, Satellite Observation, Thermal Plasmas

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Simultaneous INJUN V measurements of low-energy precipitating particles, thermal plasma density and temperature, and electric fields in the midday cusp region at altitudes above 2000 km for the period May-June, 1971, have been analyzed. It was found that the cusp region can often be divided into two regions: Region A characterized by an increase in thermal charged particle temperature and a decrease in thermal electron intensity, and Region B where electron and ion densities are increased typically by a factor of 2 over the values in Region A. Cusp Regions A and B move equatorward with increasing magnetic activity. The decreased thermal charged particle density in Region A is attributed to the presence of magnetic field aligned currents and/or electric fields parallel to the magnetic fields.

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