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Narita, Y., Glassmeier, K.-H., Schäfer, S., Motschmann, U., Sauer, K., Dandouras, I., Fornaçon, K.-H., Georgescu, E. and Rème, H. (2003). Dispersion analysis of ULF waves in the foreshock using cluster data and the wave telescope technique. Geophysical Research Letters 30: doi: 10.1029/2003GL017432. issn: 0094-8276. |
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Cluster provides us with a unique possibility to study ULF waves. We analyze ULF wave activity in the near-Earth upstream solar wind. Using Cluster as a wave telescope we investigate in detail wave propagation directions and wave numbers for various frequencies, obtaining, for the first time, three dimensional dispersion relations experimentally. After Doppler shift correction, we find that the dispersion relations are not linear and the waves are propagating in the sunward direction in the plasma rest frame. Comparison of the experimentally derived dispersion relation with that one for a beam plasma system shows good agreement. We suggest that the ULF waves in the foreshock are generated by a proton population backstreaming from the shock. |
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Keywords
Space Plasma Physics, Waves and instabilities, Magnetospheric Physics, Solar wind/magnetosphere interactions, Interplanetary Physics, Solar wind plasma |
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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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