Temporal evolution of the electric field accelerating electrons away from the auroral ionosphere
@article{Marklund2001TemporalEO, title={Temporal evolution of the electric field accelerating electrons away from the auroral ionosphere}, author={G. Marklund and N. Ivchenko and T. Karlsson and A. Fazakerley and M. Dunlop and P. Lindqvist and S. Buchert and C. Owen and M. Taylor and A. Vaivalds and P. Carter and M. Andr{\'e} and A. Balogh}, journal={Nature}, year={2001}, volume={414}, pages={724-727} }
The bright night-time aurorae that are visible to the unaided eye are caused by electrons accelerated towards Earth by an upward-pointing electric field. On adjacent geomagnetic field lines the reverse process occurs: a downward-pointing electric field accelerates electrons away from Earth. Such magnetic-field-aligned electric fields in the collisionless plasma above the auroral ionosphere have been predicted, but how they could be maintained is still a matter for debate. The spatial and… CONTINUE READING
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