On the upward acceleration of electrons and ions by low-frequency electric field fluctuations observed by Viking

1991 ◽  
Vol 96 (A7) ◽  
pp. 11609 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bengt Hultqvist ◽  
Hien Vo ◽  
Rickard Lundin ◽  
Bruno Aparicio ◽  
Per-Arne Lindqvist ◽  
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2001 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 389-393 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Miyake ◽  
R. Yoshioka ◽  
A. Matsuoka ◽  
T. Mukai ◽  
T. Nagatsuma

Abstract. Electron beams narrowly collimated to the magnetic field line were observed continuously from a down-ward current region to an auroral acceleration region (i.e., upward current region). They were well correlated with low-frequency electric field fluctuations in the auroral acceleration region as well as in the adjacent downward current region. Magnetic field fluctuations were found only in the downward current region. The analysis suggests that static field-aligned electric fields are not fully responsible for the filed-aligned electron acceleration; the ac electric field, presumably associated with Alfvenic fluctuations, should also be involved in the acceleration of ionospheric electrons.Key words. Ionosphere (particle acceleration) – Magnetospheric physics (auroral phenomena; magnetosphere-ionosphere interactions)


1996 ◽  
Vol 74 (3) ◽  
pp. 231-242
Author(s):  
S. V. Singh ◽  
G. S. Lakhina ◽  
R. Bharuthram

2020 ◽  
Vol E103.C (8) ◽  
pp. 345-352
Author(s):  
Zhongyuan ZHOU ◽  
Mingjie SHENG ◽  
Peng LI ◽  
Peng HU ◽  
Qi ZHOU

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