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Article Dans Une Revue Geophysical Research Letters Année : 2020

Neutral Atom Imaging of the Solar Wind-Magnetosphere-Exosphere Interaction Near the Subsolar Magnetopause

S. A. Fuselier
M. A. Dayeh
  • Fonction : Auteur
A. Galli
H. O. Funsten
  • Fonction : Auteur
N. A. Schwadron
  • Fonction : Auteur
S. M. Petrinec
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K. J. Trattner
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D. J. Mccomas
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J. L. Burch
  • Fonction : Auteur
J. R. Szalay
  • Fonction : Auteur
R. J. Strangeway
  • Fonction : Auteur

Résumé

Energetic neutral atoms (ENAs) created by charge-exchange of ions with the Earth's hydrogen exosphere near the subsolar magnetopause yield information on the distribution of plasma in the outer magnetosphere and magnetosheath. ENA observations from the Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) are used to image magnetosheath plasma and, for the first time, low-energy magnetospheric plasma near the magnetopause. These images show that magnetosheath plasma is distributed fairly evenly near the subsolar magnetopause; however, low-energy magnetospheric plasma is not distributed evenly in the outer magnetosphere. Simultaneous images and in situ observations from the Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) spacecraft from November 2015 (during the solar cycle declining phase) are used to derive the exospheric density. The ~11-17 cm-3 density at 10 RE is similar to that obtained previously for solar minimum. Thus, these combined results indicate that the exospheric density 10 RE from the Earth may have a weak dependence on solar cycle.
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S. A. Fuselier, M. A. Dayeh, A. Galli, H. O. Funsten, N. A. Schwadron, et al.. Neutral Atom Imaging of the Solar Wind-Magnetosphere-Exosphere Interaction Near the Subsolar Magnetopause. Geophysical Research Letters, 2020, 47, ⟨10.1029/2020GL089362⟩. ⟨insu-03673116⟩
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