A search for parallel electric fields by observing secondary electrons and photoelectrons in the low-altitude auroral zone

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Auroral Zones, Dynamics Explorer 2 Satellite, Electron Precipitation, Photoelectrons, Electric Fields, Heuristic Methods, Low Altitude, Spacecraft Charging

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Model calculations are performed demonstrating the effect of weak parallel electric fields on the differential spectra of the low-energy electrons observed in the inverted-V electron precipitation events in the topside ionosphere. A comparison of the altitude dependence of the observed spectra with the model calculations shows that there can be, on average, no more than a 2-V potential drop between the altitudes of 400 and 900 km, corresponding to a distributed parallel dc electric field of less than 4 microV/m under the inverted-V electron precipitation regions. Statistical results are presented on the spectral dependence of secondary electrons on the inverted-V primary beam parameters.

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