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Fuselier et al. 1986
Fuselier, S.A., Thomsen, M.F., Gary, S.P., Bame, S.J., Russell, C.T. and Parks, G.K. (1986). The phase relationship between gyrophase-bunched ions and MHD-like waves. Geophysical Research Letters 13. doi: 10.1029/GL013i001p00060. issn: 0094-8276.

Recent calculations and computer simulations of the right-hand resonant ion beam instability have indicated that gyrophase-bunched ion distributions may be generated as a first step in the disruption of field-aligned beams. Theory predicts a distinct phase angle relationship between the gyrovelocity of the phase-bunched ions and the wave magnetic field. In this paper, observations of such a relationship between gyrophase-bunched ions and MHD-like waves upstream from the Earth's bow shock are presented. The observed phases are in accord with the theoretical predictions of the right-hand resonant ion beam instability.

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