Physics
Scientific paper
Jun 1979
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1979georl...6..479b&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 6, June 1979, p. 479-482.
Physics
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Auroral Zones, Electromagnetic Radiation, Isis Satellites, Signal To Noise Ratios, Auroral Arcs, Cyclotron Frequency, Diurnal Variations, Electron Density Profiles, Electron Precipitation, Energy Conversion Efficiency, Plasma Frequencies
Scientific paper
Observations of auroral kilometric radiation (AKR) were made by Isis 1 in the source region. The radiation is found to be generated in the extraordinary mode just above the local cut-off frequency and to emanate nearly perpendicular to the magnetic field. It occurs within local depletions of electron density, where the ratio of plasma frequency to cyclotron frequency is less than 0.2. The density depletion is restricted to altitudes above about 2000 km, and the upper AKR frequency limit corresponds to the extraordinary cut-off frequency at this altitude. AKR is observed from Isis 1 above the nighttime auroral zone over a wider extent in longitude than in latitude with an intense source region observed most often near 2200 LMT and 70 deg invariant latitude. It is directly related to inverted V electron precipitation events with an electron-to-wave energy conversion efficiency of the order of 0.1 to 1%.
Benson Robert F.
Calvert Wesley
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