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Double-frequency oscillations of low energy plasma associated with transverse Pc 5 pulsations: GEOTAIL satellite observations
Earth, Planets and Space volume 51, pages 43–53 (1999)
Abstract
The GEOTAIL satellite observed an interesting oscillation phenomenon of low energy plasma (LEP) in the dawnside outer magnetosphere. The oscillation was taking place with a frequency double that of the transverse oscillation of Pc 5 pulsations. The double-frequency oscillation appeared in the plasma density and temperature, clearly showing an out-of-phase relationship between them. However, this phenomenon is revealed to be an instrumental effect of the LEP detector, which has a low energy threshold of measuring an ion population at 32 eV/Q. The imbedded ion population is found to be composed of cold ions with an energy of less than the threshold. They are convected past the LEP detector by the Pc 5 wave and enter the detector energy window twice per wave period. Plasma bulk parameters calculated using the detected ions produce an oscillation that has a frequency exactly double that of the Pc 5 wave. However, it should be noted that this phenomenon is observed with a large amplitude electric field oscillation only in intervals when the satellite passes through the dawnside outer magnetosphere under very quiet magnetic conditions, i.e., periods of the northward interplanetary magnetic field.
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Sakurai, T., Tonegawa, Y., Kitagawa, T. et al. Double-frequency oscillations of low energy plasma associated with transverse Pc 5 pulsations: GEOTAIL satellite observations. Earth Planet Sp 51, 43–53 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1186/BF03352208
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