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Arthur & McPherron 1981
Arthur, C.W. and McPherron, R.L. (1981). The statistical character of Pc 4 magnetic pulsations at synchronous orbit. Journal of Geophysical Research 86: doi: 10.1029/JA086iA03p01325. issn: 0148-0227.

A statistical study of 215 magnetic pulsations events identified on the basis of waveform and period as Pc 4 (45- to 150-s period) observed at synchronous orbit by ATS 6 is reported. The study was designed to be similar to that done with Pc 3 (10- to 45-s period) by Arthur et al. (1977). These Pc 4 are found to occur most often near 1800 local time but are observed at all local times. The dominant period is ~100 s, but a secondary peak in the distribution occurred at ~53 s. They tend to be nearly linearly polarized, principally transverse to the ambient magnetic field. The Pc 4 are found to divide naturally into two classes (radial and azimuthal) on the basis of the aximuth of the major axis of polarization. These classes divide further into low-frequency (?0.015 Hz) and high-frequency (?0.015 Hz) classes. These four classes organize the remaining wave characteristics quite well. Division of the Pc 4 events into these classes does not lead to identification of a single source mechanism as it did with Pc 3. However, some correspondence between the classes and various proposed mechanisms does exist.

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