Modeling the electromagnetic ion cyclotron wave-induced formation of detached subauroral proton arcs

Details Modeling the electromagnetic ion cyclotron wave-induced formation of detached subauroral proton arcs Modeling the electromagnetic ion cyclotron wave-induced formation of detached subauroral proton arcs

Aug 2007

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2007jgra..11208209j&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research, Volume 112, Issue A8, CiteID A08209

Physics

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Magnetospheric Physics: Energetic Particles: Precipitating, Magnetospheric Physics: Plasma Waves And Instabilities (2471), Magnetospheric Physics: Magnetosphere/Ionosphere Interactions (2431), Magnetospheric Physics: Ring Current, Magnetospheric Physics: Numerical Modeling

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Detached dayside proton arcs have been recently observed at Earth with the IMAGE FUV instrument as subauroral arcs separated from the main oval and extending over several hours of local time in the afternoon sector. We investigate the mechanisms causing the proton precipitation during two subauroral arc events that occurred on 23 January 2001 and 18 June 2001. We employ our kinetic physics-based model coupled with a dynamic plasmasphere model and calculate the growth rate of electromagnetic ion cyclotron (EMIC) waves self-consistently with the evolving ring current H+, O+, and He+ ion distributions. Modeled plasmaspheric densities agree well with in situ observations from geosynchronous LANL satellites and duskside plasmapause observations from IMAGE EUV but overestimate the drainage plume extent toward noon on 18 June. Global images of precipitating H+ ions are obtained and compared with IMAGE observations of proton arcs. We find that EMIC waves are preferentially excited, and proton precipitation maximizes, within regions of spatial overlap of energetic ring current protons and dayside plasmaspheric plumes and along steep density gradients at the plasmapause. The model matches very well the temporal and spatial evolution of FUV observations on 23 January. The predicted location of the proton precipitation on 18 June extends a few hours westward of the observations, and an offset of 2 hours in the convection electric field is needed to reproduce well the evolution of the proton arc. This study indicates that cyclotron resonant wave-particle interactions are a viable mechanism for the generation of subauroral proton arcs.

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