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水星上动力学尺度磁turbulence和有限拉莫尔半径效应

Kinetic-scale magnetic turbulence and finite Larmor radius effects at Mercury

V. M. Uritsky, J. A. Slavin, G. V. Khazanov, E. F. Donovan, S. A. Boardsen, B. J. Anderson, H. Korth

摘要:

我们使用的高阶结构函数技术的非平稳泛化调查的磁场波动记录的信使号航天器在其第一次飞越(01/14/2008)通过近水星的空间环境的统计特性,重点是关键的边界区域参与的太阳风-磁层相互作用。我们的分析表明,第一次,动力学尺度的波动发挥了重要作用,在水星的磁层最大的可分辨的时间尺度~20 s所施加的信号的非平稳性,这表明在这个星球上的湍流在很大程度上是由有限的拉莫尔半径的影响。特别是,我们报告了一个高度动荡和扩展的前震系统充满了包的超低频振荡,宽带间歇性波动的磁鞘,离子动力学湍流在中央等离子体片的水星的磁尾,和动力学尺度的波动,内电流片遇到的出站(黎明侧)磁层顶。总的来说,我们的测量表明,Hermean磁层,以及周围地区,强烈的影响,由有限大小的回旋轨道的构成离子物种的非MHD效应。这些效应的物理机制及其对水星磁场结构和动力学的潜在关键影响仍有待了解。

英文摘要:

We use a nonstationary generalization of the higher-order structure function technique to investigate statistical properties of the magnetic field fluctuations recorded by MESSENGER spacecraft during its first flyby (01/14/2008) through the near Mercury's space environment, with the emphasis on key boundary regions participating in the solar wind -- magnetosphere interaction. Our analysis shows, for the first time, that kinetic-scale fluctuations play a significant role in the Mercury's magnetosphere up to the largest resolvable time scale ~20 s imposed by the signal nonstationarity, suggesting that turbulence at this planet is largely controlled by finite Larmor radius effects. In particular, we report the presence of a highly turbulent and extended foreshock system filled with packets of ULF oscillations, broad-band intermittent fluctuations in the magnetosheath, ion-kinetic turbulence in the central plasma sheet of Mercury's magnetotail, and kinetic-scale fluctuations in the inner current sheet encountered at the outbound (dawn-side) magnetopause. Overall, our measurements indicate that the Hermean magnetosphere, as well as the surrounding region, are strongly affected by non-MHD effects introduced by finite sizes of cyclotron orbits of the constituting ion species. Physical mechanisms of these effects and their potentially critical impact on the structure and dynamics of Mercury's magnetic field remain to be understood.

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