EarthRef.org Reference Database (ERR)
Development and Maintenance by the EarthRef.org Database Team

Detailed Reference Information
Gary et al. 2005
Gary, S.P., Smith, C.W. and Skoug, R.M. (2005). Signatures of Alfvén-cyclotron wave-ion scattering: Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE) solar wind observations. Journal of Geophysical Research 110. doi: 10.1029/2004JA010569. issn: 0148-0227.

Theory and simulations predict that Alfv¿n-cyclotron fluctuations of sufficiently short wavelengths and at propagation approximately parallel or antiparallel to the background magnetic field Bo in collisionless plasmas scatter ions so as to increase their energies in the directions perpendicular to Bo. Linear Vlasov theory for a homogeneous, isotropic plasma of electrons, protons, and alpha particles predicts that alpha particle cyclotron resonance properties and ion cyclotron damping of such fluctuations are sensitive functions of the alpha/proton relative velocity. If a strong ion resonance corresponds to strong ion pitch-angle scattering, linear theory implies observable signatures in the anisotropies of solar wind alphas and protons. Statistical analyses of proton and alpha particle anisotropies measured in the solar wind near 1 AU by the plasma and magnetic field instruments on the Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE) spacecraft are reported which are largely consistent with such signatures.

BACKGROUND DATA FILES

Abstract

Keywords
Interplanetary Physics, Solar wind plasma, Interplanetary Physics, Plasma waves and turbulence, Space Plasma Physics, Wave/particle interactions (2483, 6984)
Journal
Journal of Geophysical Research
http://www.agu.org/journals/jb/
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
Click to clear formClick to return to previous pageClick to submit