Local time dependent Pi2 frequencies observed by THEMIS spacecraft near dawn and dusk in the inner magnetosphere

  • Kim, Gwan-Hyeok (School of Space Research, Kyung Hee Univ.) ;
  • Gwon, Hyeok-Jin (School of Space Research, Kyung Hee Univ.) ;
  • Lee, Dong-Hun (School of Space Research, Kyung Hee Univ.) ;
  • Lee, Eun-Sang (School of Space Research, Kyung Hee Univ.) ;
  • Takahashi, K. (Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins Univ.) ;
  • Angelopoulos, V. (IGPP, Univ. of California) ;
  • Mozer, F. (Space Science Laboratory, Univ. of California) ;
  • Glassmeier, K.H. (IGEP, Technical Univ. of Braunschweig) ;
  • Park, Y.D. (Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute) ;
  • Sutcliffe, P. (Hermanus Magnetic Observatory)
  • 발행 : 2010.10.06

초록

We report an example of Pi2 pulsation exhibiting different frequency between dawn and dusk. This Pi2 pulsation occurred around 1932 UT on February 14, 2008, and was observed at low-latitude Bohyun (BOH, L = 1.35, MLT = 3.8) and Hermanus (HER, L = 1.83, MLT = 20.1) stations. The pulsation starts simultaneously at both stations but the frequency is higher at BOH than at HER. At the time of the Pi2, THEMIS-A (THA) and THEMIS-D (THD) were on dawn (L = 2.9, MLT = 5.3) and dusk (L = 2.8, MLT = 18), respectively, in the inner magnetosphere. We find a nearly identical waveform and period between THA ${\delta}Bz$ and BOH ${\delta}H$ and between THD ${\delta}Bz$ and HER ${\delta}H$ with a near $0^{\circ}$ phase delay. This observation implies that Pi2-associated fastmode wave in the inner magnetosphere is not excited globally as a single frequency at all longitudes. We suggest that the different frequency between dawn and dusk is due to dawn-dusk asymmetry of the plasmasphere.

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