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TWINS Observations of the Dynamics of Ring Currents Ion Spectra on 17th March and 7th October 2015


AuthorShekhar, S.; Perez, J.; Ferradas, C.;
KeywordsRing Currents; Magnetosphere; energy dependent drift; ion nose; Substorm Injections; Ion Spectra; Van Allen Probes
AbstractDirect comparisons between RBSP (Van Allen Probes or Radiation Belt Storm Probes) and TWINS (Two Wide-angle Imaging Neutral-atom Spectrometers) for the main phase of two storms, 17th March and 7th October 2015, showed agreement between the in–situ ion measurements and the ion spectra from the deconvolved energetic neutral atom (ENA) measurements, except when O+ ions were significant. Spatial evolution of individual energy peaks in the ion spectra are studied using TWINS data. O+ ions are seen to result in intense peaks at 5–10 keV/amu in the TWINS ion spectra. These ion populations are confined to low L shells (L < 5) and localized in the pre midnight sector. When H+ ions are significant, the low energy peaks ( < 25 keV/amu) are found to be less intense than the high energy peaks ( > 25 keV/amu), located at L > 4 and localized within the premidnight sector. During times of rapidly varying AE indices, two spatially distinct peaks, between 3–5RE and 6–8RE, are observed for the ions with energies > 25 keV/amu. The outer peak appears for a few hours and fades while the inner peak is more stable. These structures are found to be consistent with particle injections observed in the RBSP data. When double peaked structures are swept off, low energy ions accumulate in the pre midnight to midnight sectors whereas high energy ions are located pre to post midnight sectors. Faster drift orbits of > 25 keV/amu ions may cause this kind of distribution.This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
Year of Publication2020
JournalJournal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Volumen/a
Number of Pagese2020JA028156
Section
Date Published12/2020
ISBN
URLhttps://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1029/2020JA028156
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1029/2020JA028156