Auroral electron acceleration by lower-hybrid waves

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Title	Auroral electron acceleration by lower-hybrid waves
Contributors	R Bingham (STFC Rutherford Appleton Lab.), DA Bryant, DS Hall
Abstract	The possibility that the electrons producing discrete aurora are stochastically accelerated by waves is investigated. It is demonstrated that the lower-hybrid waves seen on auroral field lines have the right properties to account for the electron acceleration. It is further shown that the lower-hybrid wave power measured on auroral field lines can be generated by the streaming ions observed at the boundary of the plasma sheet, and that this wave power is sufficient to account for the electron distributions observed close to the atmosphere.
Organisation	CLF , SERC
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Related Research Object(s):	23910
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Language	English (EN)

Type	Details	URI(s)	Local file(s)	Year
Preprint	RAL 87-073, Annales Geophysicae 1987.		RAL_87_073.pdf	1987