論文

査読有り
2000年8月

Propagation sense of low-frequency MHD waves in the magnetosheath observed by Geotail

JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SPACE PHYSICS
  • A Matsuoka
  • ,
  • DJ Southwood
  • ,
  • S Kokubun
  • ,
  • T Mukai

105
A8
開始ページ
18361
終了ページ
18376
記述言語
英語
掲載種別
研究論文(学術雑誌)
DOI
10.1029/2000JA900014
出版者・発行元
AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION

Using Geotail data from the months of December 1994 and January 1995, we have investigated transverse fluctuations in the magnetic field and in the plasma velocity in the magnetosheath. In the frequency range below about 10 mHz, a change in the magnetic field is often linearly correlated with a change in plasma velocity, satisfying the Walen relation expected from the theory of MHD wave propagation. We found well-correlated events in a wide range of radial distances of the magnetosheath, -42 R-E < GSM-X < 6 R-E, where R-E is the radius of the Earth. The correlation is sometimes positive and sometimes negative, depending upon the angle between the magnetic field and the plasma flow direction. The results indicate that, in a frame moving with the plasma, the waves propagate unidirectionally in the same direction as the plasma flow in a draping field. In other words, the wave energy is always propagating simultaneously antisunward and outward. Moreover, our results suggest two possibilities for the origin of the signals in the magnetusheath: the magnetopause or the nose region of the bow shock.

リンク情報
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1029/2000JA900014
Web of Science
https://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=JSTA_CEL&SrcApp=J_Gate_JST&DestLinkType=FullRecord&KeyUT=WOS:000088659600016&DestApp=WOS_CPL
ID情報
  • DOI : 10.1029/2000JA900014
  • ISSN : 0148-0227
  • Web of Science ID : WOS:000088659600016

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