Electron spectra over discrete auroras as measured by the Substorm-GEOS rockets

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Auroral Arcs, Electron Energy, Electronic Spectra, Magnetic Storms, Sounding Rockets, Boundary Layers, Electron Flux Density, Particle Acceleration, Plasma Sheaths

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Results from the first two Substorm GEOS rockets are presented. These rockets, as well as the third one, were launched from ESRANGE on January 27, 1979 into different substorm phases. The first rocket went into an active pre-breakup evening arc and the second one into a breakup close to magnetic midnight. Electron spectra of downcoming particles measured by a narrow energy bandwidth detector show very narrow energy peaks as soon as the integral energy fluxes are high. These peaks always show populations of two different characteristic energies above the peak energy. One of the populations has properties similar to those found in the boundary layer plasma and the other one seems to be of plasma sheet origin. The plasma sheet-like population is also seen where there are no signs of energy peaks, for example equatorward of the arc. The boundary layer plasma is exclusively connected with the signatures of acceleration.

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