Upstream Ultra‐Low Frequency Waves Observed by MESSENGER's Magnetometer: Implications for Particle Acceleration at Mercury's Bow Shock
| dc.contributor.author | Romanelli, N. | |
| dc.contributor.author | DiBraccio, G. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Gershman, D. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Le, G. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Mazelle, C. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Meziane, K. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Boardsen, S. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Slavin, J. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Raines, J. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Glass, A. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Espley, J. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-10-21T18:10:41Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-10-21T18:10:41Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2020-04-09 | |
| dc.description.abstract | We perform the first statistical analysis of the main properties of waves observed in the 0.05–0.41 Hz frequency range in the Hermean foreshock by the MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging (MESSENGER) Magnetometer. Although we find similar polarization properties to the “30 s” waves observed at the Earth's foreshock, the normalized wave amplitude (δB/|B₀|∼0.2) and occurrence rate (∼0.5%) are much smaller. This could be associated with relatively lower backstreaming proton fluxes, the smaller foreshock size and/or less stable solar wind (SW) conditions around Mercury. Furthermore, we estimate that the speed of resonant backstreaming protons in the SW reference frame (likely source for these waves) ranges between 0.95 and 2.6 times the SW speed. The closeness between this range and what is observed at other planetary foreshocks suggests that similar acceleration processes are responsible for this energetic population and might be present in the shocks of exoplanets. | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | N. R. is an Assistant Research Scientistat NASA Goddard Space Flight Center,and University of Maryland Baltimore County hired through a cooperative agreement with Center for Research and Exploration in Space Sciences and Technology II. Support for this research was provided by NASA’s Planetary Science Division Research Program. D.J.G. and G.A.D. were supported by the NASA ROSES Discovery Data Analysis program under Grant NNX16AJ05G. MESSENGER Magnetometer data used in this study are publicly available through the Planetary Data System (https://pds-ppi.igpp.ucla.edu/index.jsp). | en_US |
| dc.description.uri | https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1029/2020GL087350 | en_US |
| dc.format.extent | 9 pages | en_US |
| dc.genre | journal articles | en_US |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.13016/m2rvr1-ertd | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Romanelli, N.; DiBraccio, G.; Gershman, D.; Le, G.; Mazelle, C.; Meziane, K.; Boardsen, S.; Slavin, J.; Raines, J.; Glass, A.; Espley, J.; Upstream Ultra‐Low Frequency Waves Observed by MESSENGER's Magnetometer: Implications for Particle Acceleration at Mercury's Bow Shock; Geophysical Research Letters 47,9 (2020); https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1029/2020GL087350 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL087350 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11603/19946 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | American Geophysical Union | en_US |
| dc.relation.isAvailableAt | The University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | UMBC Center for Space Sciences and Technology | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | UMBC Physics Department | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | UMBC Faculty Collection | |
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| dc.title | Upstream Ultra‐Low Frequency Waves Observed by MESSENGER's Magnetometer: Implications for Particle Acceleration at Mercury's Bow Shock | en_US |
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