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Peterson et al. 1981
Peterson, W.K., Sharp, R.D., Shelley, E.G., Johnson, R.G. and Balsiger, H. (1981). Energetic ion composition of the plasma sheet. Journal of Geophysical Research 86: doi: 10.1029/JA086iA02p00761. issn: 0148-0227.

Data obtained from the energetic ion mass spectrometer experiment on Isee 1 in the distant plasma sheet are presented. These data show that (1) the plasma sheet has a significant and variable ionospheric component (H+ and O+) representing from 10% to more than 50% of the total number density and (2) there is more than one process responsible for the energization of solar wind plasma (H+ and He++) to plasma sheet energies.

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