AbstractWe study the characteristics of the ion population encountered in the high latitude magnetosphere in the vicinity of the terminator for two passes of the INTERBALL-1 satellite. Analysis of data from the Low Energy Plasma Composition Experiment (AMEI-2) reveals the coexisting of ions with different origin: 1) from composition point of view - Solar wind and ionospheric plasmas; 2) from spectral poi of view - plasma sheet-like ions with energy-per-charge above 4 keV/q, together with magnetosheath-like plasma in the mantle part of the region and accelerated up to ∼ 2 keV/q and heated isotropic Solar wind plasma. A remarkable phenomenon is the accelerated to equal energy-per-charge (2.35 – 4.64 keV/q) both SW and ionospheric ions observed on mantle field lines.


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    Title :

    Multi-component ion fluxes in the near-earth magnetotail: Case study


    Contributors:
    Koleva, R (author) / Semkova, J (author) / Smirnov, V (author) / Fedorov, A (author)

    Published in:

    Advances in Space Research ; 31 , 5 ; 1309-1314


    Publication date :

    2002-01-01


    Size :

    6 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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