Preferential perpendicular acceleration of heavy ionospheric ions by interactions with electrostatic hydrogen cyclotron waves

Details Preferential perpendicular acceleration of heavy ionospheric ions by interactions with electrostatic hydrogen cyclotron waves Preferential perpendicular acceleration of heavy ionospheric ions by interactions with electrostatic hydrogen cyclotron waves

May 1983

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1983jgr....88.4055s&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 88, May 1, 1983, p. 4055-4066.

Physics

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Electrostatic Waves, Heavy Ions, Ionospheric Disturbances, Particle Acceleration, Wave Interaction, Cyclotron Radiation, Hydrogen Ions, Particle Interactions, Positive Ions, Stochastic Processes

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Observations in recent years indicate the presence of energetic ions of ionospheric origin in various parts of the magnetosphere. These energetic ions have been found at all latitudes. Observations from the S3-3 satellite have made a great contribution toward an understanding of the energization of ionospheric ions. One of the most interesting observations is related to the finding that ion beams and electrostatic hydrogen cyclotron (EHC) waves are highly correlated and that they show an abrupt increase in their occurrence rate at an altitude of about 5000 km. A statistical survey of upward flowing ion (UFI) events occurring between 6000 and 8000 km has shown that the average energy of O(+) has a strong correlation with that of the H(+) ions. The present investigation has the objective to examine critically the energetics of UFI events in view of the theory of the interaction of a single coherent EHC wave with O(+), He(+), and H(+) ions. It is found that preferential acceleration of heavy ions occurs when such ions interact with an EHC wave.

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