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Spectral and Angle-Resolved Magneto-Optical Characterization of Photonic Nanostructures
Published on: November 21, 2019
Anisotropic turbulent spectra in the terrestrial magnetosheath as seen by the cluster spacecraft
F Sahraoui1, G Belmont, L Rezeau
1Centre d'Etude des Environnements Terrestre et Planétaires, IPSL, 10/12 avenue de l'Europe, 78140 Vélizy, France.
Abstract:
Here we report the first three-dimensional spatial spectrum of the low frequency magnetic turbulence obtained from the four Cluster spacecraft in the terrestrial magnetosheath close to the magnetopause. We show that the turbulence is compressible and dominated by mirror structures, its energy is injected at a large scale kp approximately 0.3 (l approximately 2000 km) via a mirror instability well predicted by linear theory, and cascades nonlinearly and unexpectedly up to kp approximately 3.5 (l approximately 150 km), revealing a new power law in the inertial range not predicted by any turbulence theory, and its strong anisotropy is controlled by the static magnetic field and the magnetopause normal.
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