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Samson, J.C., Hughes, T.J., Creutzberg, F., Wallis, D.D., Greenwald, R.A. and Ruohoniemi, J.M. (1991). Observations of a detached, discrete arc in association with field line resonances. Journal of Geophysical Research 96: doi: 10.1029/91JA00796. issn: 0148-0227. |
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Data from the Canadian Auroral Network for the OPEN Unifield Study (CANOPUS) array in Canada are used to analyze the magnetic fields and auroral structures which were associated with a field line resonance which occurred near local midnight and in the early morning sector. The electric fields of this resonance, which have a frequency of about 1.95 mHz, were observed by the Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory HF radar at Goose Bay and had a maximum at about 70.7¿ invariant latitude. Effects of the field line resonance were seen in the 5577 ¿, meridian scanning photometer data and the magnetometer data from the CANOPUS array. The field line resonance was accompanied by precipitating energetic electrons (energies greater than 3 keV) in a narrow auroral arc which was 3¿--4¿ equatorward of the resonance structure seen in the radar data and approximately 1¿ equatorward of field lines threading the inner boundary of the proton plasma sheet. The electron precipitation in this arc was modulated at the frequency of the field line resonance. The effects of the resonance are also seen as pulsations in the magnetometer data, and the horizontal polarization of the pulsations showed a change in sense of rotation across the arc. The oscillations in the precipitating electrons might have been caused by modulation in the ELF/VLF growth rates due to the presence of the magnetohydrodynamic waves associated with the resonance, by mode conversion to kinetic Alfv¿n waves, or by the formation of electrostatic ion cyclotron waves due to field-aligned currents associated with a second field line resonance collocated with the arc. The evidence presented here suggests that the modulation of ELF/VLF by magnetohydrodynamic waves on field lines near the plasmapause was the most likely cause of the auroral oscillations. ¿ American Geophysical Union 1991 |
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Magnetospheric Physics, MHD waves and instabilities, Magnetospheric Physics, Auroral phenomena, Magnetospheric Physics, Energetic particles, precipitating, Magnetospheric Physics, Plasma waves and instabilities |
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American Geophysical Union 2000 Florida Avenue N.W. Washington, D.C. 20009-1277 USA 1-202-462-6900 1-202-328-0566 service@agu.org |
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