Computer Science – Sound
Scientific paper
Mar 1993
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993jbis...46q.107b&link_type=abstract
British Interplanetary Society, Journal (ISSN 0007-094X), vol. 46, no. 3, p. 107-114.
Computer Science
Sound
Atmospheric Physics, Auroral Arcs, Electron Acceleration, Electrostatic Waves, Plasma Physics, Charged Particles, Electron Energy, Sounding Rockets
Scientific paper
Experiments made using sounding rockets have played a key role in studying the physics of the aurora. The development of a theory to explain the acceleration of the electrons responsible for one of the most striking and highly characteristic forms of aurora - the auroral arc - in terms of acceleration through a potential difference is outlined and fundamental difficulties with this theory are discussed. A new theory in which acceleration is caused by electrostatic waves is examined and found to provide a promising explanation of this key problem in space plasma physics. The techniques by which the measurements are obtained in such experiments are summarized.
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