Journal article
DE observations of electric field oscillations associated with an electron conic
Journal of geophysical research, Vol.103(A1), pp.431-438
1998
DOI: 10.1029/97JA02496
Abstract
An electron conic has been reported from low-altitude particle observations of Dynamics Explorer 2 (DE 2). It has been suggested that the source of the electron conic is an oscillating parallel electric field, perhaps associated with an inertial Alfvén wave. We report here on electric field observations made at midaltitude by Dynamics Explorer 1 and at low altitude by DE 2 during the same time as the electron conic observations of Burch [1995]. We find evidence for oscillations of E‖ with frequency ƒ ∼ 0.5 Hz, in agreement with the model of electron conics presented by Thompson and Lysak. However, there are discrepancies in the measured values of E‖/E⊥ and B/E compared with those expected for Alfvén waves. We believe these discrepancies may be due to nonlinear effects.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- DE observations of electric field oscillations associated with an electron conic
- Creators
- J. D Menietti - University of IowaD. R Weimer - Nashotah House Theological Seminary
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of geophysical research, Vol.103(A1), pp.431-438
- Publisher
- American Geophysical Union
- DOI
- 10.1029/97JA02496
- ISSN
- 0148-0227
- eISSN
- 2156-2202
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 1998
- Academic Unit
- Physics and Astronomy
- Record Identifier
- 9984627199402771
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