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Abstract

A case study of a magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) wave in the solar wind that is strongly correlated with a magnetospheric field line resonance observed by the SuperDARN (Super Dual Auroral Radar Network) radar at Sanae, Antarctica is presented. The data from the ACE (Advanced Composition Explorer) satellite at the solar libration point are analysed. The data time series are bandpass filtered at the pulsation frequency and the analytic signal deduced. From these data the partition of energy between the field components is computed. It is shown that energy is equally partitioned between the kinetic energy and transverse magnetic potential energy densities. The energy flux vector is closely aligned with the background magnetic field. The transverse magnetic and velocity components are in antiphase. This is the first identification of the triggering wave as a transverse Alfvén wave which originates upstream from the space craft and is propagated to the magnetosphere to trigger the pulsation.

Details

Title
Identification of the propagation mode of a solar wind wave associated with Pc5 pulsations in the magnetosphere
Author
Walker, A D M; Stephenson, J A E
First page
1217
Publication year
2014
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Copernicus GmbH
ISSN
0992-7689
e-ISSN
14320576
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
1662460222
Copyright
Copyright Copernicus GmbH 2014