Observation of 'Band' Structures in Spacecraft Observations of Inner Magnetosphere Plasma Ions
Abstract
In previous studies, several authors have reported inner magnetosphere observations of proton distributions confined to narrow energy bands in the range of 1-25 keV (Smith and Hoffman (1974), etc). These structures have been described as "nose structures", with reference to their appearance in energy-time spectrograms and are also known as "bands" if they occur for extended periods of time. Statistical surveys (Buzulukova et al. (2003); Vallat et al. (2007)) of these features in Interball and Cluster data highlight the presence of single nose in nightside sectors and multi-nose strutures in the dayside sectors. We examine Double-Star TC1 HIA data mainly recorded in the equatorial plane of the inner magnetosphere (L<15) to see how observations of "multi-banded structures" compare to the observations from more inclined orbits of Cluster and Interball. We investigate the properties of these multi-banded structures and carry out a statistical survey analysing them as a function of geomagnetic activity. This is a comparison study to a similar study conducted using DoubleStar TC-1 PEACE electron data.
- Publication:
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EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts
- Pub Date:
- May 2014
- Bibcode:
- 2014EGUGA..1612640M