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Gendrin & Laurent 1979
Gendrin, R. and Laurent, G. (1979). Investigation of the chevron structure of some Pc1 pulsations. Geophysical Research Letters 6: doi: 10.1029/GL006i003p00197. issn: 0094-8276.

A new variety of fine frequency structure of some Pc1 geomagnetic pulsations has been recently reported. For these pulsations, each periodic element consists of a chevron-shaped combination of rising and falling tones. A careful spectral analysis of one of these events, based upon a new numerical technique known as the Modified Moving Window Method (MMWM) allows us to establish the reality of this structure. This is tentatively interpreted in terms of propagation in a magnetospheric plasma containing a non negligible fraction of helium ions, the presence of helium ions resulting in a minimum in the ULF group velocity between the ion hybrid and ion crossover frequencies.

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