Observation and theory of Pc 5 waves with harmonically related transverse and compressional components

The properties of 23 magnetic pulsation events observed by the AMPTE CCE spacecraft are studied. These events are selected on the basis of the field magnitude which oscillated at the second harmonic of a simultaneously present transverse oscillation. The events have a second harmonic period of 80–600 s (roughly the Pc 5 range), are observed in cluster in the dawn (0300–0800 magnetic local time, MLT) and dusk (1600–2100 MLT) sectors, and are localized near the magnetic equator. Although the azimuthal wave number, m, estimated from an ion finite Larmor radius effect, is generally large (|m| ∼ 50), there is a marked difference between the events observed in the dawn and dusk sectors. In the dawn sector the waves have low frequencies (1–5 mHz), indicate left-hand polarization with respect to the ambient magnetic field, and propagate eastward with respect to the spacecraft. In the dusk sector the waves have high frequencies (5–15 mHz), indicate right-hand polarization, and propagate westward. We suggest that the waves are all westward propagating in the plasma rest frame and that local-time-dependent Doppler shift is the reason for the local time dependence of the wave properties. The drift mirror instability is considered to be the mechanism for exciting the westward propagating waves. An analytical formula for the ion flux oscillations is derived on the basis of the nonlinear gyrokinetic theory. The observed correlation between the ion flux and the parallel magnetic field perturbation δB∥ can be adequately explained with this analytical formula.

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