Temporal evolution of the electric field accelerating electrons away from the auroral ionosphere

Nature

Volumn 414, Issue 6865, 2001, Pages 724-727

  Marklund, G T ^a   Ivchenko, N ^a   Karlsson, T ^a   Fazakerley, A ^b   Dunlop, M ^c   Lindqvist, P A ^a   Buchert, S ^d   Owen, C ^b   Taylor, M ^b   Vaivalds, A ^d   Carter, P ^b   Andre M ^d   Balogh, A ^c  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH (PLANET); ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRON BEAMS; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PLASMAS;

COLLISIONLESS PLASMAS;

ELECTRONS;

AURORA; ELECTRIC FIELD; MAGNETIC FIELD;

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRON; ELECTRON BEAM; MAGNETIC FIELD; MEASUREMENT; PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0012726335     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/414724a     Document Type: Article

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