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Hubbard et al. 1979
Hubbard, R.F., Birmingham, T.J. and Hones, E.W. (1979). Magnetospheric electrostatic emissions and cold plasma densities. Journal of Geophysical Research 84: doi: 10.1029/JA080i010p05828. issn: 0148-0227.

A synoptic study of electric eave, magnetometer, and plasma data from Imp 6 has been carried out for times when banded electrostatic waves are observed between harmonics of the electron gyrofrequency in the earth's outer magnetosphere. Four separate classes of such waves have previously been identified by us. The spatial and temporal occurrences of waves in each class are summarized here, as a correlations of occurrence with geomagnetic activity. Most importantly, associations between the observations of waves of different classes and the relative portions of cold and hot electron present at the position of the spacecraft are established. The cold to hot ratio varies in accordance with the predictions of our previous theoretical work, which models the emission as arising unstably from a hot loss cone distribution existing simultaneously with a cold isotropic electron component. Finally, evidence for the signature of the loss cone is sought in the plasma data.

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