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Journal Article 
Electromagnetic waves generated by ionospheric feedback instability 
Lu, JY; Wang, W; Rankin, R; Marchand, R; Lei, J; Solomon, SC; Rae, IJ; Wang, JS; Le, GM 
2008 
Yes 
Journal of Geophysical Research
ISSN: 0148-0227
EISSN: 2156-2202 
113 
A5 
A new interactive M-I coupling model that describes the dynamic interaction between magnetospheric dispersive waves, compressional modes, and auroral electron precipitations is applied to investigate the geomagnetic electromagnetic pulsations observed in Earth's magnetosphere in terms of magnetospheric waves triggered by ionospheric feedback instability. Two new aspects of this work are that (1) we treat the full nonlinear MHD equations, i.e., include the full compressional modes and their coupling with shear Alfvén waves in the magnetosphere; and (2) the height-integrated Pedersen conductivity is treated as a dynamic parameter by electrodynamically coupling the 2D finite element wave model 'TOPO' to the ionospheric ionization model 'GLOW'. It is shown that the feedback instability can be triggered by a very small-scale, small amplitude density perturbation; and the small-scale electromagnetic oscillations and their associated density fluctuations observed in magnetosphere can be attributed to the feedback instability. We demonstrate that, unlike in a field line resonance where the ponderomotive force causes the plasma to move mainly along the field line, the plasma in the feedback instability is distributed either as a bump or a cavity along a field line and leads to a multibanded structure in the radial direction. The nonlinear feedback instability model can successfully explain the formation of plasma density and electromagnetic perturbations with the same frequency, which disagree with current FLR scenario. (English) 
Plomb; Ligne force; Plasma; Force pondéromotrice; Résonance ligne champ; Fluctuation densité; Oscillation; Perturbation densité; Amplitude; Ionisation; Méthode élément fini; Conductivité Pedersen; Hauteur; Onde Alfvén; Cisaillement; Magnétosphère; Planète Terre; Précipitation électron; Dynamique; Modèle 2 dimensions; Couplage; Instabilité; Boucle réaction; Rétroaction; Onde électromagnétique; lead; Field line; Ponderomotive force; Field line resonance; Density fluctuation; oscillations; Density perturbation; Ionization; finite element analysis; Pedersen conductivity; Height; Alfven wave; shear; magnetosphere; Earth; Electron precipitation; dynamics; two-dimensional models; coupling; instability; Feedback; electromagnetic waves; Plomo; Línea fuerza; Fuerza ponderomotriz; Resonancia línea campo; Fluctuación densidad; Oscilación; Perturbación densidad; Amplitud; Ionización; Conductividad Pedersen; Altura; Onda Alfven; Cizalladura; Magnetosfera; Planeta tierra; Precipitación electrón; Dinámica; Modelo 2 dimensiones; Retroalimentación; Onda electromagnética