Physics
Scientific paper
Oct 1984
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Geophysical Research Letters (ISSN 0094-8276), vol. 11, Oct. 1984, p. 1102-1105. Research sponsored by the U.S. Department of En
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Magnetosheath, Magnetospheric Instability, Plasma Drift, Plasma Waves, Propagation Modes, Space Plasmas, Wave Propagation, International Sun Earth Explorer 3, Ion Motion, Plasma Density, Plasma Probes, Shock Wave Propagation, Time Response
Scientific paper
The physical mechanisms which produced large magnetic field magnitude changes beyond 60 earth radii during ISEE-3 passage are discussed in relation to interplanetary conditions. The ISEE-3 data were taken close to the time that IMP-8 data signaled an interplanetary shock and the crossing of the terrestrial magnetosheath. The ISEE detected decreases (10-50 percent) in field magnitude that the IMP did not. The electron temperature and density and magnetic field data made by the ISEE indicated the presence of drift mirror mode waves. The instabilities would have been triggered in the magnetosheath plasma by arrival of the driver gas of the solar wind detected by the IMP-8. The waves were especially prominent due to the relative quiescence of the usually turbulent magnetosheath when the shock arrived.
Bame J. Jr. S.
Jones Erica D.
Lepping Ronald P.
Richardson Ian G.
Smith Edward. J.
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