Auroral electron acceleration by lower-hybrid waves

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Apr 1988

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1988angeo...6..159b&link_type=abstract

Annales Geophysicae (ISSN 0980-8752), vol. 6, April 1988, p. 159-167.

Physics

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Auroral Zones, Electron Acceleration, Electrostatic Waves, Lines Of Force, Magnetohydrodynamic Stability, Electron Distribution, Plasma Layers, Stochastic Processes

Scientific paper

The possibility that the electrons producing discrete aurora are stochastically accelerated by waves is investigated. It is demonstrated that the lower-hybrid waves seen on auroral field lines have the right properties to account for the electron acceleration. It is further shown that the lower-hybrid wave power measured on auroral field lines can be generated by the streaming ions observed at the boundary of the plasma sheet, and that this wave power is sufficient to account for the electron distributions observed close to the atmosphere.

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