Electrostatic solitary waves associated with plasma jet fronts in Earth's magnetotail
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摘要: 地球磁尾高速流是磁层空间中重要的能量和物质载体,其驱动的能量和物质输运过程对磁场亚暴和极光演化具有决定性影响。高流速在地向传播过程中,其锋面与周围等离子体发生相互作用,会激发诸多类型的电磁和静电波动。本研究旨在对高速流锋面处静电孤立波的物理特性进行详细的统计分析。利用NASA的Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) 任务提供的高分辨率数据,我们计算了静电孤立波的传播速度,时间尺度,空间尺度以及电势,发现:1)静电孤立波的传播速度跨越较大的范围,从几百公里每秒(接近离子热速度)到几万公里每秒(接近电子热速度),意味着锋面处静电孤立波的产生机制有诸多类型,包括离子-电子束流(布努曼)不稳定性和电子束流不稳定性;2)静电孤立波的周期和传播速度成反比,即其空间尺度变化范围较小,通常在数十个德拜半径;3)静电孤立波的电势与波动的空间尺度成正比。局地物理参量相关性揭示,波动主要出现在锋面后的强磁场区域,即通量堆积区内,且波动电势与局地电子温度成正相关,意味着静电孤立波-电子相互作用有助于当地电子加热。本研究的结论将帮助推进对磁尾波动-粒子相互作用的理解。Abstract: Plasma jets in the magnetotail are important carriers of energy and mass in the magnetospheric space. The energy and mass transport processes driven by them play a decisive role in the evolution of geomagnetic substorms and auroras. During their earthward propagation, the leading edges of these jets interact with the surrounding plasma, exciting various types of electromagnetic and electrostatic waves. This study aims to conduct a detailed statistical analysis of the physical characteristics of electrostatic solitary waves (ESWs) near the plasma jet fronts. Using high-resolution data from NASA's Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission, we calculated the propagation velocity, temporal scale, spatial scale, and electric potential of ESWs. The results show that: 1) The propagation speeds of ESWs span a wide range, from several hundred kilometers per second (close to the ion thermal speed) to tens of thousands of kilometers per second (close to the electron thermal speed), indicating that multiple generation mechanisms exist at the plasma jet fronts, including ion-electron beam (Buneman) instability and electron beam instability; 2) The period of ESWs is inversely proportional to their propagation speed, meaning that their spatial scales vary within a relatively narrow range, typically on the order of tens of Debye lengths; 3) The electric potential of ESWs is proportional to their spatial scale. Correlation analysis with local physical parameters reveals that these waves predominantly occur in regions of strong magnetic field behind the leading edge, i.e., within flux pileup regions. Moreover, the wave potential is positively correlated with the local electron temperature, suggesting that wave-electron interactions contribute to local electron heating. The findings of this study will help advance the understanding of wave-particle interactions in magnetospheric space.
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Key words:
- Earth's magnetotail /
- Jet fronts /
- Electrostatic solitary waves /
- Energy transfer
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