Quasi-periodic ripples in the heliosphere from 1 to 40 AU

This study extends the investigation of the ripples in the solar wind and the interplanetary magnetic field at L1 reported by Birch and Hargreaves (2020) to cover heliospheric distances from 1 to 40 AU, using data from the Voyager 2, Ulysses, Juno, Cassini, Themis and Apollo-12 spacecraft. The rippl...

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Published in:Advances in space research 2021-01, Vol.67 (1), p.678-699
Main Authors: Birch, M.J., Hargreaves, J.K.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Geomagnetosphere
Interplanetary magnetic field
Jovian magnetosphere
Quasi-periodic ripples
Saturnian magnetosphere
Solar wind
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Summary:This study extends the investigation of the ripples in the solar wind and the interplanetary magnetic field at L1 reported by Birch and Hargreaves (2020) to cover heliospheric distances from 1 to 40 AU, using data from the Voyager 2, Ulysses, Juno, Cassini, Themis and Apollo-12 spacecraft. The ripples were extracted from the source data using a bandpass filter which reduces the noise component of the source data while removing long-term trends. The ripples were found to propagate throughout the heliosphere with an average periodicity of 26 min, without significant attenuation relative to the background. They also permeated within the magnetospheres of Earth, Jupiter and Saturn with an average periodicity of 25 min, though with some attenuation relative to the solar wind, especially in the case of Jupiter. Within the planetary magnetospheres, the ripples were suppressed by the intense fields in close proximity to each planet, and though the distance varied at which this cutoff occurred, the flux density was very similar in all three cases.
ISSN:0273-1177
1879-1948
DOI:10.1016/j.asr.2020.08.030