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Development of shoulders and plumes in the frame of the interchange instability mechanism for plasmapause formation

dc.contributor.authorPierrard, V.
dc.contributor.authorLemaire, J.F.
dc.date2004
dc.date.accessioned2017-04-20T13:08:03Z
dc.date.available2017-04-20T13:08:03Z
dc.identifier.urihttps://orfeo.belnet.be/handle/internal/5114
dc.descriptionThe mechanism of plasmapause formation based on interchange instability and a Kp-dependent magnetospheric electric field model, enables us to determine the position of the plasmapause as a function of Kp and local time. We illustrate here how this physical mechanism is able to account for the formation of shoulders like those observed by EUV on IMAGE. A wide variety of other structures observed by IMAGE like tails (also called plumes), and notches are also obtained with this mechanism for the formation of a "knee" in the high altitude cross-L distribution of the cold plasma density distribution.
dc.languageeng
dc.titleDevelopment of shoulders and plumes in the frame of the interchange instability mechanism for plasmapause formation
dc.typeArticle
dc.subject.frascatiPhysical sciences
dc.audienceScientific
dc.subject.freeElectric field effects
dc.subject.freeMathematical models
dc.subject.freePlasma density
dc.subject.freeStability
dc.subject.freeElectric field model
dc.subject.freePlasma density distribution
dc.subject.freeGeophysics
dc.subject.freemagnetosphere
dc.subject.freeplasma
dc.source.titleGeophysical Research Letters
dc.source.volume31
dc.source.issue5
dc.source.pageL05809
Orfeo.peerreviewedYes
dc.identifier.doi10.1029/2003GL018919
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-18244430350


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