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De Keyser 2000
De Keyser, J. (2000). Magnetohydrodynamic wave mode conversion in the Earth's magnetotail. Journal of Geophysical Research 105: doi: 10.1029/2000JA900020. issn: 0148-0227.

We study magnetohydrodynamic wave mode conversion as a mechanism contributing to the observed low-frequency electromagnetic fluctuation level in the plasma sheet. Low-frequency waves originating in the magnetosheath can transport energy across the tail flank magnetopause and through the tail lobes toward the plasma sheet. In the plasma sheet boundary layer and in the central plasma sheet, local conditions permit mode conversion to occur in resonant sheets. Resonant coupling to both Alfv¿n and slow-mode waves is possible. Energy is fed to the plasma in these resonant sheets, which may help to explain the acceleration and heating of particles observed in the plasma sheet boundary layer and the central plasma sheet. ¿ 2000 American Geophysical Union

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Magnetospheric Physics, Magnetopause, cusp, and boundary layers, Magnetospheric Physics, Magnetotail boundary layers, Magnetospheric Physics, MHD waves and instabilities, Magnetospheric Physics, Plasma sheet
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Journal of Geophysical Research
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