On the generation of solitary waves observed by Cluster in the near-Earth magnetosheath

0024205 - ÚFA 2006 RIV DE eng J - Journal Article
Pickett, J. S. - Chen, L. J. - Kahler, S. W. - Santolík, Ondřej - Goldstein, M. L. - Lavraud, B. - Décréau, P. M. E. - Kessel, R. - Lucek, E. - Lakhina, G. S. - Tsurutani, B. T. - Gurnett, D. A. - Cornilleau-Wehrlin, N. - Fazakerley, A. - Rème, H. - Balogh, A.
On the generation of solitary waves observed by Cluster in the near-Earth magnetosheath.
[Generace solitonů pozorovaná družicemi Cluster v magnetoobálce v blízkosti Země.]
Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics. Roč. 12, - (2005), s. 181-193. ISSN 1023-5809. E-ISSN 1607-7946
R&D Projects: GA MŠMT(CZ) ME 650; GA ČR(CZ) GA202/03/0832; GA MŠMT(CZ) 1P05ME811
Grant - others:NASA GSFC(US) NAG5-9974; NASA GSFC(US) NNG04GB98G; NSF(US) ATM 03-27450; NSF(US) 0307319; ESA PECS(XE) 98025
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z30420517
Keywords : solitary waves * Cluster * near-Earth magnetosheath
Subject RIV: BL - Plasma and Gas Discharge Physics
Impact factor: 1.464, year: 2005

Through case studies involving Cluster waveform observations, solitary waves in the form of bipolar and tripolar pulses have recently been found to be quite abundant in the near-Earth dayside magnetosheath. We expand on the results of those previous studies by examining the distribution of solitary waves from the bow shock to the magnetopause using Cluster waveform data. Cluster’s orbit allows for the measurement of solitary waves in the magnetosheath from about 10RE to 19.5RE. Our results clearly show that within the magnetosheath, solitary waves are likely to be observed at any distance from the bow shock and that this distance has no dependence on the time durations and amplitudes of the solitary waves. In addition we have found that these same two quantities show no dependence on either the ion velocity or the angle between the ion velocity and the local magnetic field direction.

Práce popisuje generaci solitonů pozorovanou družicemi Cluster v magnetoobálce v blízkosti Země.
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0114786