A mechanism for electrostatic solitary structures in the Earth's magnetosheath

dc.contributor.authorLakhina, G. S.
dc.contributor.authorSingh, S. V.
dc.contributor.authorKakad, A. P.
dc.contributor.authorGoldstein, Melvyn
dc.contributor.authorViñas,A. F.
dc.contributor.authorPickett, J. S.
dc.date.accessioned2023-11-20T18:42:32Z
dc.date.available2023-11-20T18:42:32Z
dc.date.issued2009-09-24
dc.description.abstractElectrostatic solitary waves (ESWs) have been observed in the Earth's magnetosheath region by Cluster. A mechanism for the generation of these structures in terms of electron-acoustic solitons and double layers is discussed. The model simulates the magnetosheath plasma by a four-component plasma system consisting of core electrons, two counterstreaming electron beams, and one type of ions. The analysis is based on the fluid equations and the Poisson equation, and employs the Sagdeev pseudopotential techniques to investigate the solitary waves. The electric field amplitudes, the time durations, and the propagation speeds of the solitary structures predicted by the model are in good agreement with the observed electric fields, pulse widths, and speeds of the electrostatic bipolar pulses.
dc.description.sponsorshipG.S.L. thanks the Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi, for the support under the Senior Scientist scheme. J.S.P. acknowledges support from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center under grant NNX07AI24G.
dc.description.urihttps://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2009JA014306
dc.format.extent09 pages
dc.genrejournal articles
dc.identifier.citationLakhina, G. S., Singh, S. V., Kakad, A. P., Goldstein, M. L., Viñas, A. F., and Pickett, J. S. (2009), A mechanism for electrostatic solitary structures in the Earth's magnetosheath, J. Geophys. Res., 114, A09212, doi:10.1029/2009JA014306.
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1029/2009JA014306
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/30805
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherAGU
dc.relation.isAvailableAtThe University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
dc.relation.ispartofUMBC Goddard Planetary Heliophysics Institute (GPHI)
dc.rightsThis work was written as part of one of the author's official duties as an Employee of the United States Government and is therefore a work of the United States Government. In accordance with 17 U.S.C. 105, no copyright protection is available for such works under U.S. Law.
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dc.titleA mechanism for electrostatic solitary structures in the Earth's magnetosheath
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