The effect of the terminator on the electric field and field-aligned currents

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Mar 1982

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1982kosis..20..304l&link_type=abstract

Kosmicheskie Issledovaniia, vol. 20, Mar.-Apr. 1982, p. 304-308. In Russian.

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Electric Fields, Field Aligned Currents, Ionospheric Conductivity, Ionospheric Currents, Polar Caps, Terminator Lines, Daytime, Electric Potential, Night Sky, Space Plasmas

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An analysis is presented of the effect of the terminator on the electric field and field-aligned currents in the polar-cap ionosphere. Plasma convection lines are found to stretch jointly to the morning sector and to undergo a discontinuity at the terminator. When Hall and Pedersen conductivities are equal, the convection lines approach the terminator at an angle of 45 deg. If there is a uniform electric field within the polar cap, there should arise an additional system of field-aligned currents, flowing onto the terminator within the polar cap and flowing out of the ionosphere at the daytime boundary of the polar cap. In addition, a potential difference should arise between the equator and the pole.

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