Some Recent Developments in Understanding Auroral Electron Acceleration Processes

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 31, Issue 6 I, 2003, Pages 1178-1191

  Olsson, A ^a   Janhunen, P ^b  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^b FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Auroral electron acceleration; Auroral potential structure; Ionosphere magnetosphere coupling

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ELECTROSTATICS; ION BEAMS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PLASMA DENSITY; PLASMA THEORY; SOLAR ENERGY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

AURORAL ELECTRON ACCELERATION; AURORAL POTENTIAL STRUCTURE; IONOSPHERE-MAGNETOSPHERE COUPLING;

PARTICLE ACCELERATORS;

EID: 1442310291     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2003.821352     Document Type: Review

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