Observations of significant magnetosheath antisolar energy flow

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May 1979

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1979jgr....84.2105w&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 84, May 1, 1979, p. 2105-2108.

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Energetic Particles, Energy Transfer, Imp, Magnetopause, Magnetosheath, Solar Wind, Cross Sections, Satellite Observation

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Results from the Imp 7 satellite reveal antisolar magnetosheath ion flows of 10 to the 18th to 10 to the 20th ergs/sec when they are integrated over the observed flow cross-sectional area. These results extend, in energy and spatial regions sampled, the earlier work of West and Buck (1976). The results show the existence of energized protons in the downstream magnetosheath which at energies above 50 keV carry an energy flow of the same magnitude as the extrapolated (above 1 keV) results of Baker and Stone (1977). Possible sources of the energy flow include dissipation processes due to a magnetopause electric field, leakage of magnetospheric particles through the magnetopause into the magnetosheath, bow shock acceleration, and magnetosheath acceleration.

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