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On nonlinear cascades and resonances in the outer magnetosphere

Kozak, L.; Amata, E.; Kronberg, E. A. +10 more

The paper addresses nonlinear phenomena that control the interaction between plasma flow (solar wind) and magnetic barrier (magnetosphere). For the first time we demonstrate that the dominant solar wind kinetic energy: (i) excites boundary resonances and their harmonics which modulate plasma jets under the bow shock; (ii) produces discrete three-w…