Results from improved Monte Carlo calculations of auroral ion velocity distributions

Details Results from improved Monte Carlo calculations of auroral ion velocity distributions Results from improved Monte Carlo calculations of auroral ion velocity distributions

Jun 1992

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Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 97, no. A6, June 1, 1992, p. 8399-8423. Research supported by NSERC and I

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Atmospheric Physics, Auroras, Ionospheric Drift, Monte Carlo Method, Particle Interactions, Velocity Distribution, Ion Temperature, Mathematical Models

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The auroral ion velocity distributions were performed using a Monte Carlo computation scheme that was improved by using a very large electric field and a more sophisticated ion-neutral collision model than in the past, which included a detailed description of the polarization interaction between ions and neutrals, while allowing for the full velocity dependence of the cross section. In addition, a mixed neutral background composition was included. The results are presented in terms of an ion temperature anisotropy, showing how this anisotropy changes with the electric field strength. It was found that the anisotropy of O(+) ions is significantly greater than what has been assumed in the past.

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