Simultaneous observation of upward moving field-aligned energetic electrons and ions on auroral zone field lines

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Auroral Zones, Birkeland Currents, Energetic Particles, Field Aligned Currents, Geomagnetism, Particle Motion, Vertical Motion, Electric Fields, High Energy Electrons, Ion Motion, Lines Of Force, Satellite Sounding

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This paper presents Viking observations of energetic electrons and ions which move upward along the magnetic field lines with energies of the same order of magnitude. The field-aligned particles are associated with a strong broadband low-frequency turbulence in the electric field and with downward Birkeland currents. It is suggested that both ions and electrons are accelerated by a time-varying field-aligned electric field component. The downward field component accelerating the electrons upward is experienced as quasi-static by the electrons while they remain in the height-limited acceleration region. For the ions, the fluctuating field is a wave field which has only a small translational effect on them.

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