Structure, acceleration, and energy in auroral arcs and the role of Alfvén waves

Space Science Reviews

Volumn 95, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 501-511

  Knudsen, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; ELECTRON; ENERGY TRANSFER; REVIEW; SPACE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035142496     PISSN: 00386308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005249021104     Document Type: Review

References (16)

1. Auroral arc thicknesses as predicted by various theories
2. Electron beam formation by small-scale oblique inertial Alfvén waves
3. Magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling
4. On the proper motion of auroral arcs
5. Particle acceleration by MHD surface wave and formation of aurora
6. Electron acceleration by Alfvén waves in the magnetosphere
7. Thickness of zenithal auroral arc over Fort Churchill, Canada
8. Electron acceleration by kinetic Alfvén waves
9. Spatial modulation of electron energy and density by nonlinear stationary inertial Alfvén waves
10. Dynamics of magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling including turbulent transport
11. Relations between transverse electric fields and field-aligned currents
12. Currents over the auroral arc
13. Auroral density fluctuations on dispersive field line resonances
14. Small scale Alfvénic structure in the aurora
15. Small-scale, 'electrostatic' auroral structures and Alfvén waves