scholarly journals ULF Wave Activity in the Magnetosphere: Resolving Solar Wind Interdependencies to Identify Driving Mechanisms

2018 ◽  
Vol 123 (4) ◽  
pp. 2745-2771 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. N. Bentley ◽  
C. E. J. Watt ◽  
M. J. Owens ◽  
I. J. Rae
Keyword(s):  
Solar Wind ◽  
Wave Activity ◽  
Ulf Wave ◽  
Driving Mechanisms

scholarly journals Solar wind influence on Pc4 and Pc5 ULF wave activity in the inner magnetosphere

2010 ◽  
Vol 115 (A12) ◽  
pp. n/a-n/a ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Liu ◽  
T. E. Sarris ◽  
X. Li ◽  
R. Ergun ◽  
V. Angelopoulos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Wind ◽  
Wave Activity ◽  
Inner Magnetosphere ◽  
Ulf Wave ◽  
Wind Influence

scholarly journals The Pulsating Magnetosphere at Jupiter

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harry Manners ◽  
Adam Masters
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Solar Wind ◽  
Dynamic Pressure ◽  
Wave Spectrum ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Global Scale ◽  
Wave Activity ◽  
Ulf Waves ◽  
Ulf Wave ◽  
Wide Range

<p>The magnetosphere of Jupiter is the largest planetary magnetosphere in the solar system, and plays host to internal dynamics that remain, in many ways, mysterious. Prominent among these mysteries are the ultra-low-frequency (<strong>ULF</strong>) pulses ubiquitous in this system. Pulsations in the electromagnetic emissions, magnetic field and flux of energetic particles have been observed for decades, with little to indicate the source mechanism. While ULF waves have been observed in the magnetospheres of all the magnetized planets, the magnetospheric environment at Jupiter seems particularly conducive to the emergence of ULF waves over a wide range of periods (1-100+ minutes). This is mainly due to the high variability of the system on a global scale: internal plasma sources and a powerful intrinsic magnetic field produce a highly-compressible magnetospheric cavity, which can be reduced to a size significantly smaller than its nominal expanded state by variations in the dynamic pressure of the solar wind. Compressive fronts in the solar wind, turbulent surface interactions on the magnetopause and internal plasma processes can also all lead to ULF wave activity inside the magnetosphere.</p><p>To gain the first comprehensive view of ULF waves in the Jovian system, we have performed a heritage survey of magnetic field data measured by six spacecraft that visited the magnetosphere (Galileo, Ulysses, Voyager 1 & 2 and Pioneer 10 & 11). We found several-hundred wave events consisting of wave packets parallel or transverse to the mean magnetic field, interpreted as fast-mode or Alfvénic MHD wave activity, respectively. Parallel and transverse events were often coincident in space and time, which may be evidence of global Alfvénic resonances of the magnetic field known as field-line-resonances. We found that 15-, 30- and 40-minute periods dominate the Jovian ULF wave spectrum, in agreement with the dominant “magic frequencies” often reported in existing literature.</p><p>We will discuss potential driving mechanisms as informed by the results of the heritage survey, how this in turn affects our understanding of energy transfer in the magnetosphere, and potential investigations to be made using data from the JUNO spacecraft. We will also discuss the potential for multiple resonant cavities, and how the resonance modes of the Jovian magnetosphere may differ from those of the other magnetized planets.</p>

scholarly journals Intermediate-<I>m</I> ULF waves generated by substorm injection: a case study

2010 ◽  
Vol 28 (8) ◽  
pp. 1499-1509 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. K. Yeoman ◽  
D. Yu. Klimushkin ◽  
P. N. Mager
Keyword(s):  
Phase Variation ◽  
Wave Activity ◽  
Wave Number ◽  
Ulf Wave ◽  
Azimuthal Wave ◽  
Azimuthal Wave Number ◽  
Source Particle ◽  
Phase Propagation ◽  
Field Lines

Abstract. A case study of SuperDARN observations of Pc5 Alfvén ULF wave activity generated in the immediate aftermath of a modest-intensity substorm expansion phase onset is presented. Observations from the Hankasalmi radar reveal that the wave had a period of 580 s and was characterized by an intermediate azimuthal wave number (m=13), with an eastwards phase propagation. It had a significant poloidal component and a rapid equatorward phase propagation (~62° per degree of latitude). The total equatorward phase variation over the wave signatures visible in the radar field-of-view exceeded the 180° associated with field line resonances. The wave activity is interpreted as being stimulated by recently-injected energetic particles. Specifically the wave is thought to arise from an eastward drifting cloud of energetic electrons in a similar fashion to recent theoretical suggestions (Mager and Klimushkin, 2008; Zolotukhina et al., 2008; Mager et al., 2009). The azimuthal wave number m is determined by the wave eigenfrequency and the drift velocity of the source particle population. To create such an intermediate-m wave, the injected particles must have rather high energies for a given L-shell, in comparison to previous observations of wave events with equatorward polarization. The wave period is somewhat longer than previous observations of equatorward-propagating events. This may well be a consequence of the wave occurring very shortly after the substorm expansion, on stretched near-midnight field lines characterised by longer eigenfrequencies than those involved in previous observations.

On the interplay between solar wind parameters and ULF wave power as a function of geomagnetic activity at high‐ and mid‐latitudes

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stavros Dimitrakoudis ◽  
Ian R. Mann ◽  
Georgios Balasis ◽  
Constantinos Papadimitriou ◽  
Anastasios Anastasiadis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Wind ◽  
Geomagnetic Activity ◽  
Wave Power ◽  
Ulf Wave ◽  
Solar Wind Parameters

scholarly journals On a magnetosphere disturbed by solar wind; observations of macroelectrons

2009 ◽  
Vol 27 (6) ◽  
pp. 2331-2339 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. B. Wodnicka
Keyword(s):  
Solar Wind ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Wave Activity ◽  
Low Density ◽  
Energetic Electrons

Abstract. Three-dimensional electromagnetic full kinetic particle code (a version of TRISTAN) is used to study the interaction of a weakly-magnetized object with a solar wind of low density. The details of two magnetospheric processes – wave activity and energetic electrons appearing at the flanks of the magnetosphere – are presented. The results of the simulation are compared with known magnetospheric data.

Solar wind dependence of the Pc1 wave activity

2005 ◽  
Vol 36 (12) ◽  
pp. 2413-2416 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Guglielmi ◽  
J. Kangas ◽  
J. Kultima ◽  
A. Potapov
Keyword(s):  
Solar Wind ◽  
Wave Activity
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