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Survey of energetic O+ ions near the dayside mid-latitude magnetopause with Cluster |
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M. Bouhram, B. Klecker, G. Paschmann, S. Haaland, H. Hasegawa, A. Blagau, H. Rème, J.-A. Sauvaud, L. M. Kistler, A. Balogh |
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Englisch
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0992-7689
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In: Annales Geophysicae ; 23, no. 4 ; Nr. 23, no. 4 (2005-06-03), S.1281-1294 |
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250015223
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| Publikation (Nr.) |
 copernicus.org/angeo-23-1281-2005.pdf |
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| Zusammenfassung |
| Since December 2000, the Cluster satellites have been
conducting detailed measurements of the magnetospheric boundaries and
have confirmed the unambiguous presence of ions of terrestrial origin (e.g.
O+ in regions adjacent to the dayside, mid-latitude magnetopause. In
the present paper, we focus on the statistical properties of the O+ ion
component at energies ranging from 30eV up to 40keV, using three years of
ion data at solar maximum from the Cluster Ion Spectrometry (CIS) experiment
aboard two Cluster spacecraft. The O+ density decreases on average by a
factor of 6, from 0.041 to 7x10-3cm-3 when crossing the
magnetopause from the magnetosphere to the magnetosheath, but depends on
several parameters, such as the geomagnetic activity or the modified
disturbed storm time index (Dst*), and on their location. The O+
density is significantly higher in the dusk-side than in the dawn side region,
which is consistent with the view that they originate mainly from the plasma
sheet. A remarkable finding is that inward of the magnetopause, O+ is
the dominant contributor to the mass density 30% of the time on the
dusk-side in comparison to 3% in the dawnside and 4% near noon. On an event
basis in the dusk flank of the magnetopause, we point out that O+ ions,
when dominating the mass composition, lower the threshold for generating the
Kelvin-Helmholtz instability, which may allow plasma exchange between the
magnetosheath and the plasma sheet. We also discuss the effect of a
substantial O+ ion component when present in a reconnection region. |
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