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Czaykowska et al. 1998
Czaykowska, A., Bauer, T.M., Treumann, R.A. and Baumjohann, W. (1998). Mirror waves downstream of the quasi-perpendicular bow shock. Journal of Geophysical Research 103: doi: 10.1029/97JA03245. issn: 0148-0227.

We analyze data of the AMPTE/IRM spacecraft downstream of a supercritical, quasi-perpendicular bow shock with an upstream &bgr; (ratio of thermal to magnetic pressure) greater than unity. The observed ion temperature anisotropy (Tp⊥>Tp∥) satisfies the mirror instability criterion, and the mirror growth rate is positive. We investigate the low-frequency magnetic fluctuations and find that several minutes downstream of the shock ramp the compressive mode dominates in two frequency intervals below the local proton gyrofrequency. Band-pass filtering of the two frequency ranges shows that the particle pressure and magnetic pressure vary in antiphase, as is typical for the mirror mode. In addition, we estimate the proton compressibility, that is, the ratio of the relative fluctuations of proton density and magnetic field, and the Alfv¿n ratio, that is, the ratio of fluctuations of the bulk velocity and the Alfv¿n velocity. Combining these results, we find strong indications for the existence of mirror waves in the region downstream of the bow shock. The observed spectrum of the mirror waves has a two-banded structure. ¿ 1998 American Geophysical Union

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Interplanetary Physics, MHD waves and turbulence, Interplanetary Physics, Planetary bow shocks, Magnetospheric Physics, Solar wind/magnetosphere interactions, Space Plasma Physics, Waves and instabilities
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Journal of Geophysical Research
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