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Spacecraft Observations and Theoretical Understanding of Slow Electron Holes

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Title Spacecraft Observations and Theoretical Understanding of Slow Electron Holes
 
Identifier https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/BQNUZZ
 
Creator Kamaletdinov, Sergey R.; Hutchinson, Ian H.; Vasko, Ivan Y.; Artemyev, Anton V.; Lotekar, Ajay; Mozer, Forrest
 
Publisher Harvard Dataverse
 
Description We present Magnetospheric Multiscale observations showing large numbers of slow electron holes with speeds clustered near the local minimum of double-humped velocity distribution functions of background ions. Theoretical computations show that slow electron holes can avoid the acceleration that otherwise prevents their remaining slow only under these same circumstances. Although the origin of the slow electron holes is still elusive, the agreement between observation and theory about the conditions for their existence is remarkable.
 
Subject Physics
condition
electron hole
local minimums
magnetospheric multi scale
slow electrons
velocity distribution functions