Properties of Magnetic Field Fluctuations in the Earth’s Magnetotail and Implications for the General Problem of Structure Formation in Hot Plasmas

2016 ◽  
pp. 307-330
Author(s):  
Lev Zelenyi ◽  
Anton Artemyev ◽  
Anatoli Petrukovich
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Structure Formation ◽  
General Problem ◽  
Field Fluctuations

Voyager observes magnetic field fluctuations in heliosheath

Eos ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 94 (2) ◽  
pp. 28-28
Author(s):  
Ernie Balcerak
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Field Fluctuations

scholarly journals Multi-point observations of intermittency in the cusp regions

2007 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 525-534 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. M. Echim ◽  
H. Lamy ◽  
T. Chang
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Magnetic Energy ◽  
Haar Wavelet ◽  
Distribution Functions ◽  
Statistical Properties ◽  
Coarse Grained ◽  
Haar Wavelet Transform ◽  
Intermittent Behavior ◽  
Field Fluctuations ◽  
The Magnetic Field

Abstract. In this paper we investigate the statistical properties of magnetic field fluctuations measured by the four Cluster spacecraft in the cusp and close to the interface with the magnetospheric lobes, magnetopause and magnetosheath. At lower altitudes along the outbound orbit of 26 February 2001, the magnetic field fluctuations recorded by all four spacecraft are random and their Probability Distribution Functions (PDFs) are Gaussian at all scales. The flatness parameter, F – related to the kurtosis of the time series, is equal to 3. At higher altitudes, in the cusp and its vicinity, closer to the interface with the magnetopause and magnetosheath, the PDFs from all Cluster satellites are non-Gaussian and show a clear intermittent behavior at scales smaller than τG≈ 61 s (or 170 km). The flatness parameter increases to values greater than 3 for scales smaller than τG. A Haar wavelet transform enables the identification of the "events" that produce sudden variations of the magnetic field and of the scales that have most of the power. The LIM parameter (i.e. normalized wavelet power) indicates that events for scales below 65 s are non-uniformly distributed throughout the cusp passage. PDFs, flatness and wavelet analysis show that at coarse-grained scales larger than τG the intermittency is absent in the cusp. Fluctuations of the magnetic energy observed during the same orbit in the magnetosheath show PDFs that tend toward a Gaussian at scales smaller than τG found in the cusp. The flatness analysis confirms the decreasing of τG from cusp to magnetosheath. Our analysis reveals the turbulent cusp as a transition region from a non-intermittent turbulent state inside the magnetosphere to an intermittent turbulent state in the magnetosheath that has statistical properties resembling the solar wind turbulence. The observed turbulent fluctuations in the cusp suggests a phenomenon of nonlinear interactions of plasma coherent structures as in contemporary models of space plasma turbulence.

scholarly journals Anisotropies of the Magnetic Field Fluctuations at Kinetic Scales in the Solar Wind: Cluster Observations

2017 ◽  
Vol 848 (1) ◽  
pp. 45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine Lacombe ◽  
Olga Alexandrova ◽  
Lorenzo Matteini
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Solar Wind ◽  
Field Fluctuations ◽  
The Magnetic Field

A sufficient condition for instability of BGK type waves in both unmagnetized and magnetized plasmas

1977 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Infeld ◽  
G. Rowlands
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Linear Theory ◽  
General Problem ◽  
Uniform Magnetic Field ◽  
Magnetized Plasmas ◽  
Sufficient Condition ◽  
General Sufficient Condition ◽  
Special Cases

This paper investigates the general problem of stability of Bernstein—Greene— Kruskal type waves. By investigating perturbations perpendicular to the wave, we obtain a general sufficient condition for instability. This is then extended to the case of magnetized plasmas with a uniform magnetic field in the direction of the BGK wave. New perturbed modes, having no counterpart in linear theory, are also found. Various special cases are considered and previous, more particular results confirmed.

In situ observations of magnetic field fluctuations

2005 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 625-635 ◽  
Author(s):  
Géza Erdős ◽  
André Balogh
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Field Fluctuations ◽  
In Situ Observations

scholarly journals The Earth's passage of the April 11, 1997 coronal ejecta: geomagnetic field fluctuations at high and low latitude during northward interplanetary magnetic field conditions

1999 ◽  
Vol 17 (10) ◽  
pp. 1245-1250 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Lepidi ◽  
P. Francia ◽  
U. Villante ◽  
A. Meloni ◽  
A. J. Lazarus ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Solar Wind ◽  
Interplanetary Magnetic Field ◽  
Geomagnetic Field ◽  
Field Conditions ◽  
Mhd Waves ◽  
Low Latitude ◽  
Terra Nova Bay ◽  
Field Fluctuations ◽  
Terra Nova

Abstract. An analysis of the low frequency geomagnetic field fluctuations at an Antarctic (Terra Nova Bay) and a low latitude (L'Aquila, Italy) station during the Earth's passage of a coronal ejecta on April 11, 1997 shows that major solar wind pressure variations were followed at both stations by a high fluctuation level. During northward interplanetary magnetic field conditions and when Terra Nova Bay is close to the local geomagnetic noon, coherent fluctuations, at the same frequency (3.6 mHz) and with polarization characteristics indicating an antisunward propagation, were observed simultaneously at the two stations. An analysis of simultaneous measurements from geosynchronous satellites shows evidence for pulsations at approximately the same frequencies also in the magnetospheric field. The observed waves might then be interpreted as oscillation modes, triggered by an external stimulation, extending to a major portion of the Earth's magnetosphere. Key words. Magnetospheric physics (MHD waves and instabilities; solar wind-magnetosphere interactions)

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