Magnetic Tilt Effect on Externally Driven Electromagnetic Ion Cyclotron (EMIC) Waves

Authors

Eun Hwa Kim, Princeton University
Jay R. Johnson, Andrews University

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

3-28-2023

Abstract

We examine coupling of fluctuations in the solar wind with electromagnetic ion cyclotron (EMIC) waves in the magnetosphere using an advanced full-wave simulation code, Petra-M. Dipole tilt dramatically affects the coupling process. While very little wave power can reach the inner magnetosphere without tilt effects, a tilted dipole field dramatically increases the efficiency of the coupling process. Solar wind fluctuations incident at high magnetic latitude effectively reaches the ground along the field line and mode-convert to linearly polarized field-aligned propagating waves at the Alfvén and IIH resonances. Therefore, solar wind compressions efficiently drive linearly polarized EMIC waves when the dipole angle is tilted toward or away from the Sun-Earth direction.

Journal Title

Geophysical Research Letters

Volume

50

Issue

6

DOI

10.1029/2022GL101544

Recommended Citation

Kim, Eun Hwa and Johnson, Jay R., "Magnetic Tilt Effect on Externally Driven Electromagnetic Ion Cyclotron (EMIC) Waves" (2023). Faculty Publications. 4949.
https://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/pubs/4949