ISEE/IMP observations of simultaneous upstream ion events

Details ISEE/IMP observations of simultaneous upstream ion events ISEE/IMP observations of simultaneous upstream ion events

Jul 1983

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1983jgr....88.5635m&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 88, July 1, 1983, p. 5635-5644.

Physics

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Bow Waves, Energetic Particles, Ion Distribution, Satellite Observation, Shock Waves, Solar Terrestrial Interactions, Explorer 50 Satellite, International Sun Earth Explorer 3, Plasma Interactions, Solar Wind, Solid State Devices

Scientific paper

Propagation of upstream energetic (50-200 keV) ions is analyzed in sixteen events observed simultaneously by solid state detectors on ISEE 3 at about 200 earth radii and on IMP 8 at about 35 earth radii from the earth. Conclusions are based on comparisons of the pitch angle distributions observed at the two spacecraft and transformed into the solar wind frame. They are beamlike at ISEE 3 and are confined to the outward hemisphere. When IMP 8 is furthest from the bow shock, they are also usually beamlike, or hemispheric. However, when IMP 8 is closer to the bow shock, pancakelike distributions are observed. This systematic variation in the IMP 8 pitch angle distributions delimits a scattering region l less than about 15 earth radii upstream of the earth's bow shock (l measured along the interplanetary magnetic field) that dominates ion propagation, influences the global distribution of fluxes in the foreshock, and may play a role in acceleration of the ions. When IMP 8 is beyond l of about 15 earth radii the propagation appears to be essentially scatter-free between IMP 8 and ISEE 3; this is deduced from the absence of earthward fluxes at IMP 8 as well as the tendency for the spin-averaged fluxes to be comparable at the two spacecraft.

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