Electron acceleration in the auroral current circuit

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 983-986

  Rönnmark, Kjell ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; CURRENT DENSITY; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOSPHERE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASMA DENSITY; PLASMA FLOW; VELOCITY; DROPS;

AURORAL CURRENT CIRCUIT; MAGNETIC FIELD LINES; MAGNETOSPHERIC PLASMA;

ELECTRONS;

AURORA;

AURORAL ELECTRONS; CURRENT CIRCUITS; ELECTRON ACCELERATION; ELECTRON INERTIA; LOW-DENSITY PLASMAS; MHD GENERATOR; POTENTIAL DROP; SPACE PHYSICS;

EID: 0344603586     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900133     Document Type: Article

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