The dispersion relation and electromagnetic polarization of the plasma waves are comprehensively studied in cold electron, proton, and heavy charged particle plasmas. Three modes are classified as the fast, intermedia...The dispersion relation and electromagnetic polarization of the plasma waves are comprehensively studied in cold electron, proton, and heavy charged particle plasmas. Three modes are classified as the fast, intermediate, and slow mode waves according to different phase velocities. When plasmas contain positively-charged particles, the fast and intermediate modes can interact at the small propagating angles, whereas the two modes are separate at the large propagating angles. The near-parallel intermediate and slow waves experience the linear polarization, circular polarization, and linear polarization again, with the increasing wave number. The wave number regime corresponding to the above circular polarization shrinks as the propagating angle increases. Moreover, the fast and intermediate modes cause the reverse change of the electromagnetic polarization at the special wave number. While the heavy particles carry the negative charges, the dispersion relations of the fast and intermediate modes are always separate, being independent of the propagating angles. Furthermore, this study gives new expressions of the three resonance frequencies corresponding to the highly-oblique propagation waves in the general three-component plasmas, and shows the dependence of the resonance frequencies on the propagating angle, the concentration of the heavy particle, and the mass ratio among different kinds of particles.展开更多
利用全球磁流体模拟的结果,本文研究了行星际磁场By对弓激波位型的影响.结果显示:随着行星际磁场By绝对值的增大,弓激波的日下点距离、旋转对称张角、南北非对称性以及旋转非对称性均随之增加.其中,By对弓激波日下点距离的影响可达5 R ...利用全球磁流体模拟的结果,本文研究了行星际磁场By对弓激波位型的影响.结果显示:随着行星际磁场By绝对值的增大,弓激波的日下点距离、旋转对称张角、南北非对称性以及旋转非对称性均随之增加.其中,By对弓激波日下点距离的影响可达5 R E左右.东向By和西向By对弓激波位型影响具有对称性,东向By和西向By大小相同时弓激波日下点距离、旋转对称张角以及旋转非对称性参数均相同,而南北非对称性参数大小相同正负相反.行星际磁场By占主导时弓激波尾部横截面在南北方向上拉伸,并且拉伸程度随着By绝对值的增大而增大,弓激波尾部横截面的拉伸现象与磁声波马赫数密切相关.展开更多
Dispersive Alfvén waves(DAWs)have been demonstrated to play a significant role in auroral generation of the magnetosphereionosphere coupling system.Starting from a two fluid reduced MHD model,we summarize the fre...Dispersive Alfvén waves(DAWs)have been demonstrated to play a significant role in auroral generation of the magnetosphereionosphere coupling system.Starting from a two fluid reduced MHD model,we summarize the frequency,temporal and spatial characteristics of magnetospheric DAWs.Then,the nonlinear kinetic and inertial scale Alfveén waves are studied,and we review some theoretical aspects and simulation results of dispersive Alfve′n waves in Earth's magnetosphere.It is shown that dispersive standing Alfve′n waves can generate the field-aligned currents which transport energy into the auroral ionosphere,where it is dissipated by Joule heating and energy lost due to electron precipitation.The Joule dissipation can heat the ionospheric electron and produce changes in the ionospheric Pedersen conductivity.As a feedback,the conducting ionosphere can also strongly affect the magnetospheric currents. The ponderomotive force can cause the plasma to move along the field line,and generate ionospheric density cavity.The nonlinear structuring can lead to a dispersive scale to accelerate auroral particle,and the Alfvn waves can be trapped within the density cavity. Finally,we show the nonlinear decay of dispersive Alfvén waves related to two anti-propagating electron fluxes observed in the auroral zone.展开更多
The subsolar magnetopause is the boundary between the solar wind and the Earth's magnetosphere,where reduced solar wind dynamic pressure is equal to the magnetic pressure of the Earth's outer magnetosphere.We ...The subsolar magnetopause is the boundary between the solar wind and the Earth's magnetosphere,where reduced solar wind dynamic pressure is equal to the magnetic pressure of the Earth's outer magnetosphere.We use a global magnetohydrodynamic (MHD)model to estimate the ratio f of the compressed magnetic field just inside the subsolar magnetopause to the purely dipolar magnetic field.We also compare our numerical results to a similar work by Shue,which used Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions during Substorms(THEMIS)data.Our results show that the ratio f is linearly proportional to the subsolar magnetopause standoff distance(r0)for both the northward and southward interplanetary magnetic field,properties consistent with Shue but with a smaller proportionality constant.However,previous theoretical studies show that f is nearly independent of the subsolar standoff distance.The global model results also show that f is smaller for the southward Interplanetary Magnetic Field(IMF)under the same r0,and that the proportionality constant for the southward IMF is larger than that for the northward IMF.Both conclusions agree with statistical results from observations by Shue.展开更多
The dipole tilt angle has beenfound to affect Earth's bow shock.This work presents a quantitative relationship between the dipole tilt angle and the bow shock location and flaring angle.We collected a large data s...The dipole tilt angle has beenfound to affect Earth's bow shock.This work presents a quantitative relationship between the dipole tilt angle and the bow shock location and flaring angle.We collected a large data set of bow shock crossings from four different satellites(IMP 8,Geotail,Magion 4,and Cluster),including some recent crossings obtained during 2012-2013.The results from a statistical analysis demonstrate that:(1)the subsolar standoff distance increases but the flaring angle decreases with increasing dipole tilt angle;(2)when the dipole tilt angle changes sign from negative to positive,the dayside bow shock moves toward Earth and the shift can be as much as 2.29 R_E,during which the flaring angle increases;and(3)the shape of bow shock in the northern and southern hemispheres differs.For the northern hemisphere bow shock,with increasing positive/negative dipole tilt angle,the flaring angle increases/decreases.While for the southern hemisphere,the trend is the opposite;with increasing positive/negative dipole tilt angle,the flaring angle decreases/increases.These results are helpful for future bow shock modeling that needs to include the effects of dipole tilt angle.展开更多
基金supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.11303099,41531071 and 41574158)the Youth Innovation Promotion Association CAS
文摘The dispersion relation and electromagnetic polarization of the plasma waves are comprehensively studied in cold electron, proton, and heavy charged particle plasmas. Three modes are classified as the fast, intermediate, and slow mode waves according to different phase velocities. When plasmas contain positively-charged particles, the fast and intermediate modes can interact at the small propagating angles, whereas the two modes are separate at the large propagating angles. The near-parallel intermediate and slow waves experience the linear polarization, circular polarization, and linear polarization again, with the increasing wave number. The wave number regime corresponding to the above circular polarization shrinks as the propagating angle increases. Moreover, the fast and intermediate modes cause the reverse change of the electromagnetic polarization at the special wave number. While the heavy particles carry the negative charges, the dispersion relations of the fast and intermediate modes are always separate, being independent of the propagating angles. Furthermore, this study gives new expressions of the three resonance frequencies corresponding to the highly-oblique propagation waves in the general three-component plasmas, and shows the dependence of the resonance frequencies on the propagating angle, the concentration of the heavy particle, and the mass ratio among different kinds of particles.
文摘利用全球磁流体模拟的结果,本文研究了行星际磁场By对弓激波位型的影响.结果显示:随着行星际磁场By绝对值的增大,弓激波的日下点距离、旋转对称张角、南北非对称性以及旋转非对称性均随之增加.其中,By对弓激波日下点距离的影响可达5 R E左右.东向By和西向By对弓激波位型影响具有对称性,东向By和西向By大小相同时弓激波日下点距离、旋转对称张角以及旋转非对称性参数均相同,而南北非对称性参数大小相同正负相反.行星际磁场By占主导时弓激波尾部横截面在南北方向上拉伸,并且拉伸程度随着By绝对值的增大而增大,弓激波尾部横截面的拉伸现象与磁声波马赫数密切相关.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(40874087 and 41031063)the China Meteorological Administration(GYHY201106011)the China Public Science and Technology Research Funds Projects of Ocean(201005017)
文摘Dispersive Alfvén waves(DAWs)have been demonstrated to play a significant role in auroral generation of the magnetosphereionosphere coupling system.Starting from a two fluid reduced MHD model,we summarize the frequency,temporal and spatial characteristics of magnetospheric DAWs.Then,the nonlinear kinetic and inertial scale Alfveén waves are studied,and we review some theoretical aspects and simulation results of dispersive Alfve′n waves in Earth's magnetosphere.It is shown that dispersive standing Alfve′n waves can generate the field-aligned currents which transport energy into the auroral ionosphere,where it is dissipated by Joule heating and energy lost due to electron precipitation.The Joule dissipation can heat the ionospheric electron and produce changes in the ionospheric Pedersen conductivity.As a feedback,the conducting ionosphere can also strongly affect the magnetospheric currents. The ponderomotive force can cause the plasma to move along the field line,and generate ionospheric density cavity.The nonlinear structuring can lead to a dispersive scale to accelerate auroral particle,and the Alfvn waves can be trapped within the density cavity. Finally,we show the nonlinear decay of dispersive Alfvén waves related to two anti-propagating electron fluxes observed in the auroral zone.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(40874087 and 41031063)the China Meteorology Administration(GYHY201106011)the China Public Science and Technology Research Funds Projects of Ocean(201005017)
文摘The subsolar magnetopause is the boundary between the solar wind and the Earth's magnetosphere,where reduced solar wind dynamic pressure is equal to the magnetic pressure of the Earth's outer magnetosphere.We use a global magnetohydrodynamic (MHD)model to estimate the ratio f of the compressed magnetic field just inside the subsolar magnetopause to the purely dipolar magnetic field.We also compare our numerical results to a similar work by Shue,which used Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions during Substorms(THEMIS)data.Our results show that the ratio f is linearly proportional to the subsolar magnetopause standoff distance(r0)for both the northward and southward interplanetary magnetic field,properties consistent with Shue but with a smaller proportionality constant.However,previous theoretical studies show that f is nearly independent of the subsolar standoff distance.The global model results also show that f is smaller for the southward Interplanetary Magnetic Field(IMF)under the same r0,and that the proportionality constant for the southward IMF is larger than that for the northward IMF.Both conclusions agree with statistical results from observations by Shue.
基金supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No.2012CB825606)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.41574158,U1631107)the China Meteorological Administration(Grant No.GYHY201106011)
文摘The dipole tilt angle has beenfound to affect Earth's bow shock.This work presents a quantitative relationship between the dipole tilt angle and the bow shock location and flaring angle.We collected a large data set of bow shock crossings from four different satellites(IMP 8,Geotail,Magion 4,and Cluster),including some recent crossings obtained during 2012-2013.The results from a statistical analysis demonstrate that:(1)the subsolar standoff distance increases but the flaring angle decreases with increasing dipole tilt angle;(2)when the dipole tilt angle changes sign from negative to positive,the dayside bow shock moves toward Earth and the shift can be as much as 2.29 R_E,during which the flaring angle increases;and(3)the shape of bow shock in the northern and southern hemispheres differs.For the northern hemisphere bow shock,with increasing positive/negative dipole tilt angle,the flaring angle increases/decreases.While for the southern hemisphere,the trend is the opposite;with increasing positive/negative dipole tilt angle,the flaring angle decreases/increases.These results are helpful for future bow shock modeling that needs to include the effects of dipole tilt angle.
