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Title: A modified lower hybrid drift instability as a possible mechanism for the generation of magnetic noise bursts in the Magnetotail Neutral Sheet

Journal Article · · Journal of Geophysical Research
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1029/93JA02643· OSTI ID:29020
 [1];  [2]
  1. Space Research Institute, Moscow (Russian Federation)
  2. Max-Planck-Institut fuer extraterrestrische Physik, Berlin (Germany)

This paper looks at an excitation mechanism for lower hybrid drift instability near the neutral plane of the current sheet in the magnetotail. The authors show a significant decrease in stability as drift-free conditions are lost. They argue that as convection rises within the magnetosphere, that a threshold condition is exceeded with allows the excitation of the lower hybrid drift instability.

OSTI ID:
29020
Journal Information:
Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 99, Issue A3; Other Information: PBD: 1 Mar 1994
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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