Magnetohydrodynamic wave mode conversion in the Earth's magnetotail

dc.contributor.author	De Keyser, J.
dc.date	2000
dc.date.accessioned	2017-09-04T09:03:43Z
dc.date.available	2017-09-04T09:03:43Z
dc.identifier.uri	https://orfeo.belnet.be/handle/internal/6129
dc.description	We study magnetohydrodynamic wave mode conversion as a mechanism contributing to the observed low-frequency electromagnetic fluctuation level in the plasma sheet. Low-frequency waves originating in the magnetosheath can transport energy across the tail flank magnetopause and through the tail lobes toward the plasma sheet. In the plasma sheet boundary layer and in the central plasma sheet, local conditions permit mode conversion to occur in resonant sheets. Resonant coupling to both Alfvén and slow-mode waves is possible. Energy is fed to the plasma in these resonant sheets, which may help to explain the acceleration and heating of particles observed in the plasma sheet boundary layer and the central plasma sheet.
dc.language	eng
dc.title	Magnetohydrodynamic wave mode conversion in the Earth's magnetotail
dc.type	Article
dc.audience	Scientific
dc.source.title	Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
dc.source.volume	105
dc.source.issue	A6
dc.source.page	13009-13016
Orfeo.peerreviewed	Yes
dc.identifier.doi	10.1029/2000JA900020
dc.identifier.scopus	2-s2.0-39449128478