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Sarafopoulos, D.V. (2002). Dispersive and repetitive Pc5 mode microinjections in the inner magnetosphere. Geophysical Research Letters 29: doi: 10.1029/2001GL014067. issn: 0094-8276. |
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Dispersive fluxes of energetic electrons with a period of 4 min are identified in the morning sector of the inner plasma sheet and have been measured via the Interball/DOK-2 instrument. These fluxes are termed repetitive microinjections because, as we establish, each microinjection constitutes an individual entity that exhibits energy dispersion like the classical substorm-associated injections. We suggest that these repetitive dispersions are produced from a wavy isospectrum surface, such as a meandering injection boundary near the Earth, combined with a radially outward gradient of energetic electrons. The Greenland ground station magnetometers, at local times similar to that of Interball, record intense Pc5 pulsations with 4 min period and peak-to-peak amplitudes of up to 80 nT. We speculate that the Pc5 pulsations are produced by small-scale Birkeland currents that propagate along the magnetic field lines and have been supplied from small-scale vortices in the plasma sheet. |
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Keywords
Magnetospheric Physics, Magnetosphere--inner, Magnetospheric Physics, Magnetosphere/ionosphere interactions, Magnetospheric Physics, MHD waves and instabilities, Magnetospheric Physics, Plasma sheet, Magnetospheric Physics, Ring current |
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Publisher
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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