ﻻ يوجد ملخص باللغة العربية
We present a statistical analysis of more than two thousand bipolar electrostatic solitary waves (ESW) collected from ten quasi-perpendicular Earths bow shock crossings by Magnetospheric Multiscale spacecraft. We developed and implemented a correction procedure for reconstruction of actual electric fields, velocities, and other properties of ESW from measurements, whose spatial scales are typically comparable with or smaller than spatial distance between voltage-sensitive probes. We determined the optimal ratio between frequency response factors of axial and spin plane antennas to be around 1.65/1.8. We found that more than 95% of the ESW in the Earths bow shock are of negative polarity and present an in depth analysis of properties of these ESW. They have spatial scales of about 10--100 m that is within a range of $lambda_{D}$ to $10lambda_{D}$, amplitudes typically below a few Volts that is below 0.1 of local electron temperature, and velocities below a few hundreds km/s in spacecraft and plasma rest frames that is on the order of local ion-acoustic speed. The spatial scales of ESW are distinctly correlated with local Debye length $lambda_{D}$. ESW with amplitudes of 5--30 V or 0.1--0.3 Te have the occurrence rate of a few percent. The ESW have electric fields generally oblique to local magnetic field and propagate highly oblique to shock normal ${bf N}$; more than 80% of ESW propagate within 30$^{circ}$ of the shock plane. In the shock plane, ESW typically propagate within a few tens of degrees of local magnetic field projection ${bf B}_{rm LM}$ onto the shock plane and preferentially opposite to ${bf N}times {bf B}_{rm LM}$. We argue that the ESW of negative polarity are ion phase space holes produced in a nonlinear stage of ion-ion ion-streaming instabilities. We estimated lifetimes of the ion holes to be 10--100 ms, or 1--10 km in terms of spatial distance.
The propagation of Langmuir waves in plasmas is known to be sensitive to density fluctuations. Such fluctuations may lead to the coexistence of wave pairs that have almost opposite wave-numbers in the vicinity of their reflection points. Using high f
We present the first quantified measure of the rate of energy dissipated per unit volume by high frequency electromagnetic waves in the transition region of the Earths collisionless bow shock using data from the THEMIS spacecraft. Every THEMIS shock
Waves around the lower hybrid frequency are frequently observed at Earths magnetopause, and readily reach very large amplitudes. Determining the properties of lower hybrid waves is crucial because they are thought to contribute to electron and ion he
We present general empirical analytical equations of bow shock structures historically used at Mars, and show how to estimate automatically the statistical position of the bow shock with respect to spacecraft data from 2D polar and 3D quadratic fits.
Solar wind plasma at the Earths orbit carries transient magnetic field structures including discontinuities. Their interaction with the Earths bow shock can significantly alter discontinuity configuration and stability. We investigate such an interac