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Remote Observations Of Ion Temperatures In The Quiet Time Magnetosphere, A. M. Keesee, N. Buzulukova, J. Goldstein, D. J. Mccomas, E. E. Scime, Harlan E. Spence, M. C. Fok, K. Tallaksen
Remote Observations Of Ion Temperatures In The Quiet Time Magnetosphere, A. M. Keesee, N. Buzulukova, J. Goldstein, D. J. Mccomas, E. E. Scime, Harlan E. Spence, M. C. Fok, K. Tallaksen
Physics & Astronomy
[1] Ion temperature analysis of the first energetic neutral atom images of the quiet-time, extended magnetosphere provides evidence of multiple regions of ion heating. This study confirms the existence of a dawn-dusk asymmetry in ion temperature predicted for quiescent magnetospheric conditions by Spence and Kivelson (1993) and demonstrates that it is an inherent magnetospheric feature.