Temporal features of the outflow of heavy ionospheric ions in response to a high altitude plasma cavity

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Jan 1989

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Geophysical Research Letters (ISSN 0094-8276), vol. 16, Jan. 1989, p. 29-32.

Physics

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Auroral Zones, Heavy Ions, Ion Motion, Ionospheric Ion Density, Space Plasmas, Oxygen Ions, Temporal Distribution, Vertical Distribution

Scientific paper

Using a hydrodynamic model for the plasma, it is demonstrated that the auroral plasma cavity is capable of drawing an appreciably large flux of oxygen ions, which are normally gravitationally bound. This escape mechanism of O(+) does not involve any additional heating or acceleration of the plasma in the ionosphere. The temporal evolution of the outflow shows that it starts near the cavity and penetrates into the ionosphere with a flux front moving down with the ion-acoustic speed. A steady outflow is reached in a few hours for a cavity at a height of one R(e) if the cavity is maintained. This time reduces to less than 1 hour for cavity heights less than 3000 km. During the transient state the outflux can appreciably exceed that in the steady state. In view of the horizontal convection, the transient outflow is of special significance. As the cavity descends, the ionospheric flux of O(+) increases; for the lower edge of the cavity in the altitude range 3000-10,000 km, the steady flux is found to be in the range 10 to the 7th to 10 to the 9th. An analysis for the steady state shows that outflow is controlled by the density scale height in the cavity.

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