Physics
Scientific paper
Jun 1986
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1986jgr....91.7047l&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 91, June 1, 1986, p. 7047-7056.
Physics
63
Atmospheric Models, Ionospheric Conductivity, Ionospheric Currents, Magnetohydrodynamic Waves, Auroral Arcs, Earth Magnetosphere, Field Aligned Currents, Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Coupling, Two Dimensional Models
Scientific paper
Ionospheric currents must close by means of field-aligned currents into the magnetosphere if they are not divergence free. Particle precipitation associated with the field-aligned current can change the ionospheric conductivity and therefore the current pattern, leading to a feedback process which can result in traveling enhancements of the ionospheric conductivity. These processes are studied by means of a two-dimensional model of magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling which includes enhancements in the Pedersen conductivity, but assumes that the Hall current is divergence free. It is shown that under appropriate conditions this feedback instability can take place with the efficiency of the coupling dependent on the ratio of the height-integrated Pedersen conductivity to the effective admittance of Alfven waves on the flux tube. Since the Alfven admittance changes along the field line, internal reflections of Alfven waves from gradients in this admittance can lead to the generation of pulsations of the current in the Pi 1 range, with the frequency being dependent on the ionospheric scale height.
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