Physics
Scientific paper
Feb 1989
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1989georl..16..143i&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters (ISSN 0094-8276), vol. 16, Feb. 1989, p. 143-146.
Physics
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Auroral Spectroscopy, Doppler Effect, Lyman Alpha Radiation, Satellite Observation, Balmer Series, Emission Spectra, Far Ultraviolet Radiation, Geocoronal Emissions, Protons
Scientific paper
The first documentation of Doppler shifted auroral Lyman alpha emission resulting from incident energetic protons in the auroral regions has been made using nadir VUV satellite spectral observations. The auroral Lyman alpha emission from high-velocity protons is expected to show a red shifted wavelength displacement based on ground-based observations of Balmer lines. VUV spectra (1100-1900 A) taken over five sample auroral oval crossings by a nadir-viewing satellite in 1978 consistently show the Lyman alpha emission displaced toward longer wavelengths with a larger line width. The intensity peaks were shifted up to 4A when the geocoronal Lyman alpha emission profile was subtracted from the Lyman alpha emission profile observed over the auroral regions. The optical observations infer the auroral proton precipitation with average energies of 34 keV and an energy flux of 0.1 erg/cm sec sr when interpreted according to available model calculations. These values agree reasonably well with the average values for the characteristics of nightside incident auroral protons based on previous statistical satellite particle precipitation observations.
Huffman Robert E.
Ishimoto Michi
Meng Ching I.
Romick G. R.
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