The development of discrete active auroral forms

Details The development of discrete active auroral forms The development of discrete active auroral forms

Dec 1992

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IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science (ISSN 0093-3813), vol. 20, no. 6, p. 764-769.

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Auroral Arcs, Field Aligned Currents, Magnetohydrodynamic Waves, Two Dimensional Models, Current Sheets, Solitary Waves

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Using analytical and numerical methods, it is shown that all the basic forms of the active auroral arcs can be described in the framework of a nonlinear Alfven wave model. The auroral forms are then considered as nonlinear two-dimensional Alfven vortex structures that are uniform along the ambient magnetic field. They can exist in a cold inhomogeneous plasma, e.g. the earth's ionosphere. Large-scale spirals and folds can recover the initial form of a typical arc. In the case of a small solitary disturbance of the current density or a sharp bending of the current sheets, vortex chains are formed in the spirals and the folds.

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