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Wave and Particle Interactions in the High and Low-Altitude Auroral Region During Rising Solar ActivityThe project has resulted in four separate investigations, which are each in various stages of publication in the refereed scientific journals. The first investigation was of the generation of electrostatic electron cyclotron waves observed by the Polar spacecraft throughout the auroral regions, dayside cusp, and polar magnetosphere. We have since discovered that these waves are also present within the magnetopause and magnetosheath, which is one of the topics of a second study, entitled: 'Polar observations of plasma waves in and near the dayside magnetopause/magnetosheath.' A third study of plasma waves focussed on kilometric continuum (KC) emission. This work is reported in a paper entitled 'Near-source and Remote Observations of Kilometric Continuum Radiation From Multi-spacecraft Observations'.The final investigation of this program concerns the possible transverse heating of auroral ions by impulsive wave structures. We summarize that substantial transverse ion heating has already occurred at lower altitudes. Abstracts of the above four studies are included in the Appendix to this final report.
Document ID
20030067837
Acquisition Source
Headquarters
Document Type
Contractor or Grantee Report
Authors
Gurnett, Donald A.
(Iowa Univ. Iowa City, IA, United States)
Menietti, J. D.
(Iowa Univ. Iowa City, IA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 21, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 2003
Subject Category
Geophysics
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAG5-9561
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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