Nature and the nonlinear evolution of electrostatic waves associated with the AMPTE solar wind releases

Details Nature and the nonlinear evolution of electrostatic waves associated with the AMPTE solar wind releases Nature and the nonlinear evolution of electrostatic waves associated with the AMPTE solar wind releases

Aug 1988

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1988jgr....93.8532o&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 93, Aug. 1, 1988, p. 8532-8544. Research supported by the University of C

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Ampte (Satellites), Electromagnetism, Electrostatic Waves, Magnetic Fields, Nonlinear Systems, Particles, Plasma Waves, Solar Wind Velocity, Barium, Earth Magnetosphere, Growth, Ions, Lithium, Modules, Momentum Transfer, Protons, Rates (Per Time), Wave Dispersion

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The nonlinear evolution of the electrostatic waves observed during the AMPTE (Active Magnetosphere Particle Tracer Explorers) solar wind releases is investigated. Previous linear studies indicate two distinct sets of instabilities may be responsible for the generation. One set consists of ion-acoustic type instabilities which are insensitive to the presence of a background magnetic field, while the other group corresponds to the modified two stream instabilities and requires the solar wind flow to be across the ambient magnetic field. To establish which set of instabilities is more viable a detailed linear Vlasov theory has been conducted by numerically solving the full electromagnetic dispersion relation. In addition both the plasma wave as well as the magnetic field measurements by the IRM (Ion Release Module) spacecraft were used to correlate the frequency and the power of the observed waves with the magnitude and the direction of the solar wind magnetic field. The results of these analyses indicate that the ion-acoustic type instabilities have growth rates that are an order of magnitude or more larger than those of the modified two stream instabilities. Results show that both the solar wind protons and the released ions may be heated and accelerated in the directions oblique to the solar wind flow velocity.

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