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Fig. 6.

From: Magnetosonic resonances in the magnetospheric plasma

Fig. 6.

Distribution over the radius of the plasma flow velocities v0 in the magnetosheath and magnetospheric convection velocity for different velocities of the solar wind. Curves 1, 2, 3 in panel (a) correspond to the solar wind velocity distribution for v0 = 200, 400, 800 km/s, curves 4 and 5 are the magnetospheric convection velocities when v0 = 400, 800 km/s, in the absence of “upstream” FMS waves in the magnetosheath, and curves 6,7, 8 (v0 = 200, 400, 800 km/s) are the magnetospheric convection velocities for equal fluxes of “downstream” and “upstream” FMS waves in the magnetosheath. Panel (b) shows the distribution of complete velocity (curves 1, 2, 3 for v0 = 200, 400, 800 km/s) when the flux of “downstream” FMS waves prevails over that of the “upstream” FMS waves in the magnetosheath.

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