Composition measurements in the magnetotail between 60 R E  and 240 R E | Zendy

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Composition measurements in the magnetotail between 60 R E and 240 R E

Author(s) -

Ogilvie K. W.,

Coplan M. A.

Publication year - 1984

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/gl011i004p00347

Subject(s) - physics , spacecraft , solar wind , range (aeronautics) , ion , astrophysics , atmospheric sciences , geophysics , astronomy , plasma , materials science , nuclear physics , quantum mechanics , composite material

From 1 January, 1983 to 30 March, 1983 the ISEE‐3 spacecraft was in the region of the magnetotail of the earth at distances from 60 to 240 R E . The ion composition instrument aboard ISSE‐3 made ion composition and velocity measurements in two modes during this period. In the first mode the mass per charge (M/Q) range was 0.7 to 32 at velocities from 79 to 220 km s −1 . The M/Q range of the second mode was 1.4 to 6.0 at velocities from 300 to 620 km s −1 . Preliminary analysis of the data shows the magnetotail composition to have a significant solar wind‐like component, with bulk velocities generally in the 300‐600 km s −1 range.

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