Figure 7. Frequency dependencies of the growth rate
g (solid
line)
and of the components of the wave number perpendicular
k (dotted
line) and parallel
k|| (dashed line).
The curves are shown for an altitude of
h=1050 km, the magnetospheric
field induction
B=3.6
104 nT,
the temperatures, densities, and main velocities of thermal protons and
electrons
T1=3.0
103 K,
T2=4.1
103 K,
n1
n2=6.4
109 m-3,
vD1=2.3
102 m s-1,
and
vD2=-1.6
103 m s-1,
respectively, in the southern hemisphere at
the given magnetospheric field line.