Turc, L;
Roberts, OW;
Verscharen, D;
Dimmock, AP;
Kajdič, P;
Palmroth, M;
Pfau-Kempf, Y;
... Ganse, U; + view all
(2022)
Transmission of foreshock waves through Earth’s bow shock.
Nature Physics
10.1038/s41567-022-01837-z.
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Abstract
The Earth’s magnetosphere and its bow shock, which is formed by the interaction of the supersonic solar wind with the terrestrial magnetic field, constitute a rich natural laboratory enabling in situ investigations of universal plasma processes. Under suitable interplanetary magnetic field conditions, a foreshock with intense wave activity forms upstream of the bow shock. So-called 30 s waves, named after their typical period at Earth, are the dominant wave mode in the foreshock and play an important role in modulating the shape of the shock front and affect particle reflection at the shock. These waves are also observed inside the magnetosphere and down to the Earth’s surface, but how they are transmitted through the bow shock remains unknown. By combining state-of-the-art global numerical simulations and spacecraft observations, we demonstrate that the interaction of foreshock waves with the shock generates earthward-propagating, fast-mode waves, which reach the magnetosphere. These findings give crucial insight into the interaction of waves with collisionless shocks in general and their impact on the downstream medium.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Transmission of foreshock waves through Earth’s bow shock |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1038/s41567-022-01837-z |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-022-01837-z |
| Language: | English |
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| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Space and Climate Physics |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10162932 |
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