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Bavassano-Cattaneo, M.B., Bonifazi, C., Dobrowolny, M., Moreno, G. and Russell, C.T. (1983). Distribution of MHD wave activity in the foreshock region and properties of backstreaming protons. Journal of Geophysical Research 88. doi: 10.1029/JA080i011p09280. issn: 0148-0227. |
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Magnetic field and plasma data obtained by ISEE 2 experiments in the earth's foreshock region have been used, in conjugation with a shock model, to correlate with geometrical parameters the intensity of MHD trubulence and some moments of the distributions of back-streaming protons. The geometrical parameters are the distance of the observation point from the proton foreshock boundary and the distance from the shock surface. The results obtained allow a preliminary discussion of two basic problem of the physics of the foreshock. These are (1) the relative role of shock struture and/or wave particle interaction in determining the form of the backscattering ion distribution and (2) the physical mechanism determining the observed saturation of the MHD turbulence. |
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