Statistical studies of plasma waves and backstreaming electrons in the terrestrial electron foreshock observed by Geotail

We present statistical studies of the direction finding of 2f(p) radiation and the spatial distribution of plasma waves and energetic particles in the terrestrial electron foreshock observed by Geotail. First, we investigate the geometry of the electron foreshock which is assumed to be the "2f(p) ra dio source." The 2f(p) radio source is likely to be in the leading region o f the electron foreshock where the most intense Langmuir waves are observed . The Langmuir wave activities and the population of energetic electrons gr adually decrease in the region beyond 10 R-E from the contact point. The de creasing rate of Langmuir wave activity is very small, about 10(-0.008) /R- E. We also find that in the region around the contact point of the tangenti al interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) lines and the bow shock, the observe d amplitude of the 2f(p) radiation seems to become weak. We think that it i s due to the weak activities of Langmuir waves in the region close to the c ontact point and/or the directivity of 2f(p) radiation along the tangential IMF line. Next, we investigate the influence of the solar wind conditions on the activities in the electron foreshock. We confirm a positive correlat ion of the 2f(p) radio activity with the solar wind kinetic energy flux and a decrease of 2f(p) radio activity with decreasing IMF cone angle resultin g in IMF lines tangent to the far flank of the bow shock. The 2f(p) radio a ctivity is more affected by both parameters than the amplitude of Langmuir waves is affected. This suggests that the 2f(p) radio emissivity is very se nsitive to the energy of Langmuir waves as expected from the generation pro cess of 2f(p) radiation. Such high sensitivity also supports the concentrat ion of the radio emissivity in the leading region of the electron foreshock and the limitation of the radio source extension along the magnetic field line. We also reinvestigate the comparison between the terrestrial and Venu sian foreshocks, The differences between them suggest the nonsimilarity of shocks with different sizes.