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Simulation of whistler waves excited in the presence of a cold plasma cloud - Implications for the CRRES missionA one-dimensional electromagnetic particle simulation model is constructed to study the excitation of whistler waves in the presence of a cold plasma cloud for conditions representative of those after the release of lithium in the inner plasma sheet during the Combined Release and Radiation Effect Satellite mission. The results indicate that a standing-wave pattern with discrete wave frequencies is formed within the cloud. The magnetic wave amplitude inside the cloud, which is limited by quasi-linear diffusion, is of the order of several nanoteslas. Assuming a magnetospheric loss cone of 5 deg, the observed pitch angle diffusion produced by the whistler waves is sufficient to put the electrons on strong diffusion.
Document ID
19920029448
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Pritchett, P. L.
(California Univ. Los Angeles, CA, United States)
Schriver, D.
(California Univ. Los Angeles, CA, United States)
Ashour-Abdalla, M.
(California, University Los Angeles, United States)
Date Acquired
August 15, 2013
Publication Date
November 1, 1991
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of Geophysical Research
Volume: 96
ISSN: 0148-0227
Subject Category
Geophysics
Accession Number
92A12072
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: F19628-88-K-0011
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAGW-78
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSF ATM-89-22133
CONTRACT_GRANT: F19628-88-K-0022
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