Observation and theory of Pc 5 waves with harmonically related transverse and compressional components

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Feb 1990

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Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 95, Feb. 1, 1990, p. 977-989. Research supported by NASA.

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Geomagnetic Pulsations, Harmonic Oscillation, Magnetic Equator, Transverse Oscillation, Wave Propagation, Ampte (Satellites), Doppler Effect, Time Dependence

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The properties of 23 magnetic pulsation events observed by the AMPTE CCE spacecraft are studied. These events are selected on the basis of the field magnitude which oscillated at the second harmonic of a simultaneously present transverse oscillation. The events have a second harmonic period of 80-600 s (roughly the Pc 5 range), are observed in cluster in the dawn (0300-0800 magnetic local time, MLT) and dusk (1600-2100 MLT) sectors, and are localized near the magnetic equator. Although the azimuthal wave number estimated from an ion finite Larmor radius effect, is generally large (about 50), there is a marked difference between the events observed in the dawn and dusk sectors. In the dawn sector the waves have low frequencies (1-5 mHz), indicate left-hand polarization with respect to the ambient magnetic field, and propagate eastward with respect to the spacecraft. In the dusk sector the waves have high frequencies (5-15 mHz), indicate right-hand polarization, and propagate westward. It is suggested that the waves are all westward propagating in the plasma rest frame and that local-time-dependent Doppler shift is the reason for the local time dependence of the wave properties.

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