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Communication Dans Un Congrès Année : 2009

Observation of proton chorus waves close to the equatorial plane by Cluster

B. Grison
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J. S. Pickett
  • Fonction : Auteur
O. Santolík
M. J. Engebretson
  • Fonction : Auteur
D. O. Constantinescu
  • Fonction : Auteur

Résumé

Whistler mode chorus waves are a widely studied phenomena. They are present in numerous regions of the magnetosphere and are presumed to originate in the magnetic equatorial region. In a spectrogram they are characterized by narrowband features with rise (or fall) in frequency over short periods of time. Being whistler mode waves around a few tenths of the electron cyclotron frequency they interact mainly with electrons. In the present study we report observations by the Cluster spacecraft of what we call proton chorus waves. They have spectral features with rising frequency, similar to the electron chorus waves, but they are detected in a frequency range that starts roughly at 0.50fH up to fH (the local proton gyro-frequency). The lower part of their spectrum seems to originate from monochromatic Pc 1 waves (1.5 Hz). Proton chorus waves are detected close to the magnetic equatorial plane in both hemispheres during the same event. Our interpretation of these waves as proton chorus is supported by polarization analysis with the Roproc procedures and the Prassadco software using both the magnetic (STAFF-SC) and electric (EFW) parts of the fluctuations spectrum.
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hal-02860526 , version 1 (08-06-2020)

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B. Grison, J. S. Pickett, O. Santolík, Patrick Robert, Nicole Cornilleau-Wehrlin, et al.. Observation of proton chorus waves close to the equatorial plane by Cluster. AGU Fall Meeting 2009, Dec 2009, San Francisco, California, United States. pp.04. ⟨hal-02860526⟩
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