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Keiling, A., Rème, H., Dandouras, I., Bosqued, J.M., Parks, G.K., McCarthy, M., Kistler, L., Amata, E., Klecker, B., Korth, A. and Lundin, R. (2004). Transient ion beamlet injections into spatially separated PSBL flux tubes observed by Cluster-CIS. Geophysical Research Letters 31: doi: 10.1029/2004GL020192. issn: 0094-8276. |
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Ion measurements from Cluster-CIS were used to characterize and interpret the signatures of PSBL energy-dispersed ions and their fine structure. On 14 February 2001, several ion injections were encountered by SC 1 and SC 3, separated by ~530 km, during an outbound orbit at 4.5 RE. Both satellites recorded the same ion structures. The energy dispersion of each ion structure was dominated by the time-of-flight effect (TDIS). In addition, we show evidence for spatial properties of the ion injections: (1) SC 1 and SC 3 encountered the same ion structures with a time delay of ~30 s, which indicates their spatial extent. (2) The peak energy of each injection increased with increasing latitude. We propose a scenario in which both temporal and spatial effects are incorporated: Ion beamlets are impulsively and recurrently injected from separated regions distributed along the tail current sheet (ranging from X ~70 to 110 RE) into latitudinally narrow (~600 km to 1800 km) and convecting (at ~10 km/s) flux tubes of the PSBL. Beamlets injected closer to the X line gain higher energies as a result of the intrinsic dispersion effect. |
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Keywords
Magnetospheric Physics, Energetic particles, precipitating, Magnetospheric Physics, Magnetosphere—outer, Magnetospheric Physics, Magnetotail boundary layers |
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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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