Energetic magnetosheath ions connected to the Earth's bow shock: Possible source of cusp energetic ions

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作者
Chang, SW [1 ]
Scudder, JD
Fennell, JF
Friedel, R
Lepping, RP
Russell, CT
Trattner, KJ
Fuselier, SA
Peterson, WK
Spence, HE
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[1] Univ Iowa, Dept Phys & Astron, Iowa City, IA 52242 USA
[2] Aerospace Corp, Los Angeles, CA 90009 USA
[3] Univ Calif Los Alamos Natl Lab, Los Alamos, NM 87544 USA
[4] Lockheed Martin Adv Technol Ctr, Palo Alto, CA 94304 USA
[5] NASA, Goddard Space Flight Ctr, Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA
[6] Univ Calif Los Angeles, Inst Geophys & Planetary Phys, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA
[7] Boston Univ, Dept Astron & Space Phys, Boston, MA 02215 USA
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10.1029/1999JA900468
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P1 [天文学];
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0704 ;
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Plasma and magnetic field data detected by NASA GGS/Polar and Wind during the May 4, 1998, storm event are analyzed to demonstrate for the first time a causal relation between the magnetosheath energetic: ions and bow shock magnetic geometry. Intense magnetosheath energetic ions observed upstream from the cusp are from the quasi-parallel bow shock and show properties indicating that they are a possible source of cusp energetic ions.
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页码:5471 / 5488
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