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Generation of electrostatic shocks and turbulence through the interaction of conics with the background plasma
Author(s) -
Pottelette R.,
Treumann R.,
Bauer O. H.,
Lebreton J. P.
Publication year - 1985
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/gl012i001p00057
Subject(s) - conic section , plasma , turbulence , ion , physics , satellite , conical surface , computational physics , atomic physics , mechanics , materials science , astronomy , nuclear physics , geometry , mathematics , quantum mechanics , composite material
Experimental results, obtained during the PORCUPINE experiment and dealing with the interaction of an artificial ion conic with the background auroral plasma, are presented. In addition, these results are compared to the measurements performed by the S3‐3 satellite when natural ion conies are present. This comparison shows that the physical processes associated with the neutralization of conical ion distributions and with their interaction with the background plasma induce the same kind of electrostatic shocks and turbulence as those recorded by S3‐3.