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Thermodynamic effect of the ion sound instability in the ionosphereDuring geomagnetic disturbances when the ring current interacts intensely with the plasmasphere, the plasma of this region undergoes a strong heating due to an ion cyclotron instability. This is followed by the transfer of heat along geomagnetic field lines from the heating region to the ionosphere. One of the results of this process is the formation of non-isothermal region (in which T(sub e) greater than 3.4 T(sub i) at ionospheric heights) caused by a rapid cooling the H(+) ions due to their resonant charge exchange with neutral hydrogen. Heat transfer from the top of the flux tube to the ionosphere is investigated using a hydrodynamic model for the ionosphere-plasmasphere coupling. Field-aligned currents, present in the topside ionosphere, are often accompanied by ion sound turbulence. The turbulence scatters electrons, increasing the total electron collision frequency through wave-particle effects. The influence of wave-particle interactions introduces an anomalous component to the total collision frequency, which modifies substantially the heat conduction coefficient of the plasma. As a result, the plasma is heated more intensely above than below this region of ion sound turbulence.
Document ID
19950029534
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
External Source(s)
Authors
Khazanov, G. V.
(Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI United States)
Gombosi, T. I.
(Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI United States)
Gorbachev, O. A.
(Irkutsk Politechnical Institute, Irkutsk, Russia)
Trukhan, A. A.
(Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI United States)
Miller, R. H.
(Irkutsk Politechnical Institute, Irkutsk, Russia)
Date Acquired
August 16, 2013
Publication Date
April 1, 1994
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of Geophysical Research
Volume: 99
Issue: A4
ISSN: 0148-0227
Subject Category
Geophysics
Accession Number
95A61133
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSF ATM-91-14409
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAGW-1619
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Public
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