Acceleration of oxygen ions in the dynamic magnetotail

The substorm-related acceleration and flux increases of energetic oxygen ions are studied on the basis of test particle orbits in the fields obtained from an MHD simulation of plasmoid formation and ejection and the collapse (dipolarization) of the inner tail. The simulated fluxes show large ani...

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Main Authors: J. Birn, M. F. Thomsen, M. Hesse
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2004-04-01
Series:Annales Geophysicae
Online Access:https://www.ann-geophys.net/22/1305/2004/angeo-22-1305-2004.pdf