Parameters of the solar wind responsible for plasma injection into the region of the magnetospheric ring current

Journal Article · Tue Nov 01 04:00:00 EST 1977 · Sov. Astron. AJ (Engl. Transl.); (United States)

OSTI ID:6931386

Bobrov, M S

The connection between the parameter q/sub 0/, which characterizes the total energy of particles injected into the region of the magnetospheric ring current per hour, and the parameters of the plasma and magnetic field of the solar wind in near-earth space ahead of the bow shock wave is studied statistically and through a comparison of time variations. The data on eight sporadic (flare-related) magnetic storms of different intensities, from moderate to very high, are used. It is found that q/sub 0/ correlates not only with the magnitude and direction of the B/sub z/ component of the magnetic field of the solar wind normal to the ecliptic plane (intense injection being observed with a south direction of B/sub z/) but also with the variability sigma/sub B/ of the total magnetic field vector. The stream velocity v of the solar wind affects the average storm intensity, although the time variations of v do not correlate with those of q/sub 0/ during any storm taken individually.

• Research Organization: Astronomical Council of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR
• OSTI ID: 6931386
• Journal Information: Sov. Astron. AJ (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Journal Name: Sov. Astron. AJ (Engl. Transl.); (United States) Vol. 21:6; ISSN SAAJA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
DISTURBANCES
EARTH ATMOSPHERE
INTERPLANETARY MAGNETIC FIELDS
MAGNETIC FIELDS
MAGNETIC STORMS
MAGNETOSPHERE
PLASMA
SHOCK WAVES
SOLAR ACTIVITY
SOLAR WIND
VARIATIONS