A MODEL FOR LOWER-HYBRID WAVE EXCITATION COMPARED WITH OBSERVATIONS BY VIKING

Authors
KHAZANOV GV LIEMOHN MW KRIVORUTSKY EN HORWITZ JL
Citation
Gv. Khazanov et al., A MODEL FOR LOWER-HYBRID WAVE EXCITATION COMPARED WITH OBSERVATIONS BY VIKING, Geophysical research letters, 24(19), 1997, pp. 2399-2402
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Geosciences, Interdisciplinary
Journal title
Geophysical research letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00948276
Volume
24
Issue
19
Year of publication
1997
Pages
2399 - 2402
Database
ISI
SICI code
0094-8276(1997)24:19<2399:AMFLWE>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
The mechanism of lower hybrid wave (LHW) excitation due to the O+ rela tive drift in a plasma subjected to low-frequency waves (LFWs) is used for analysis of Viking satellite data far events in the cusp/cleft re gion. In some cases, such a mechanism leads to LHW energy densities an d ion distribution functions close to those observed, suggesting the p roposed mechanism is a plausible candidate to explain certain classes of LHW generation events in space plasmas.