Physics
Scientific paper
Aug 1981
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1981jgr....86.6706y&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 86, Aug. 1, 1981, p. 6706-6712.
Physics
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Atmospheric Electricity, Auroras, Electron Precipitation, Ionospheric Currents, Satellite Observation, Birkeland Currents, Current Density, Electric Potential, Electrical Resistivity, Electron Acceleration, Electron Energy, Explorer 51 Satellite, Ionospheric Electron Density, Plasma Conductivity, Plasma-Particle Interactions, Space Plasmas, Volt-Ampere Characteristics
Scientific paper
Data from various experiments of the Atmosphere Explorer satellites are analyzed to test their consistency with the model of single-particle linear acceleration through a static parallel potential drop. Theoretical current/voltage and energy flux/voltage relations are applied to the data to predict the densities of source current carriers above the acceleration region for upward Birkeland currents. Comparison of these model predictions with simultaneous electron data indicates that the observed field-aligned potential drops are consistent with direct acceleration in the absence of anomalous resistivity.
Hill Thomas W.
Yeh Hsien-Chi
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