A source of the back-streaming ions in the foreshock region J.Geophys.Res., 88, 3046-3054 (1983).
垂直磁場ショックにおける磁気圏の反射粒子の起源

PDF Foreshock region

Anisotropic ions of the foreshock region may be unstable to electromagnetic
ion cyclotron waves and back-streaming ions are created, then to result in
observed velocity distributions by theory and computer simulations.

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