scholarly journals Dense low energy ions in Earth’s outer magnetosphere: Spatial distribution, moment properties, and relation to solar wind dynamic pressure and magnetospheric activity

Author(s):  
A. J. Hull ◽  
O. Agapitov ◽  
F. S. Mozer ◽  
J. P. McFadden ◽  
V. Angelopoulos
2004 ◽  
Vol 22 (8) ◽  
pp. 2989-2996 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. P. Maltsev ◽  
A. A. Ostapenko

Abstract. Based on magnetic data, spatial distribution of the westward ring current flowing at |z|<3 RE has been found under five levels of Dst, five levels of the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) z component, and five levels of the solar wind dynamic pressure Psw. The maximum of the current is located near midnight at distances 5 to 7 RE. The magnitude of the nightside and dayside parts of the westward current at distances from 4 to 9 RE can be approximated as Inight=1.75-0.041 Dst, Inoon=0.22-0.013 Dst, where the current is in MA. The relation of the nightside current to the solar wind parameters can be expressed as Inight=1.45-0.20 Bs IMF + 0.32 Psw, where BsIMF is the IMF southward component. The dayside ring current poorly correlates with the solar wind parameters.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aniko Timar ◽  
Zoltan Nemeth ◽  
Karoly Szego ◽  
Melinda Dósa ◽  
Balazs Nagy

&lt;p&gt;Rosetta observed medium-energy ions around comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko while orbiting deep inside the coma. These ions are thought to be accelerated towards the anti-sunward direction by some acceleration mechanism in the outer regions of the cometary magnetosphere. They usually reach energies up to 100-1000 eV and undergo deceleration in the dense neutral coma surrounding the nucleus. These ions usually appear in the ion dynamic spectrum as a new population rising from the low energy background, their energy peaking around 1000 eV and then decreasing until the population disappears again. We investigated the properties of these ions, as well as the relationship between the solar wind pressure and the energy of the medium-energy ions to discover the cause of the observed time variation. We show that there is a correlation between the solar wind dynamic pressure around the comet and the energy of the accelerated ions.&lt;/p&gt;


1998 ◽  
Vol 22 (9) ◽  
pp. 1305-1308 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y Zhang ◽  
D.J McEwen ◽  
I Oznovich

2011 ◽  
Vol 116 (A10) ◽  
pp. n/a-n/a ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Boudouridis ◽  
L. R. Lyons ◽  
E. Zesta ◽  
J. M. Weygand ◽  
A. J. Ribeiro ◽  
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