Electron holes in the auroral upward current region

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Pottelette, Raymond ^a   Treumann, Rudolf A ^b  

^a SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERICS; BEAM PLASMA INTERACTIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRONS; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; IONS; KINETIC THEORY; MAGNETOSPHERE; POLARIZATION;

AURORAL KILOMETRIC RADIATION (AKR) SOURCE REGION; BROADBAND EMISSION SPECTRA; ELECTRIC FIELD STRUCTURE; ION PLASMA FREQUENCY; PARTICLE ENERGY FLUX; TRIPOLAR POLARITY;

GEOPHYSICS;

AURORA;

EID: 25844479785     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL022547     Document Type: Article

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