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Remote observations of ion temperatures in the quiet time magnetosphere
Author(s) -
Keesee A. M.,
Buzulukova N.,
Goldstein J.,
McComas D. J.,
Scime E. E.,
Spence H.,
Fok M.C.,
Tallaksen K.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/2010gl045987
Subject(s) - magnetosphere , quiet , ion , physics , asymmetry , dusk , geophysics , atmospheric sciences , atomic physics , astrophysics , computational physics , environmental science , plasma , astronomy , nuclear physics , quantum mechanics
Ion temperature analysis of the first energetic neutral atom images of the quiet‐time, extended magnetosphere provides evidence of multiple regions of ion heating. This study confirms the existence of a dawn‐dusk asymmetry in ion temperature predicted for quiescent magnetospheric conditions by Spence and Kivelson (1993) and demonstrates that it is an inherent magnetospheric feature.