Transient electron precipitation during oscillatory BBF braking: THEMIS observations and theoretical estimates

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 118, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 3065-3076

  Panov, E V ^a   Artemyev, A V ^b,c   Baumjohann, W ^a   Nakamura, R ^a   Angelopoulos, V ^d  

^a Austrian Academy of Sciences   (Austria)

^b Russian Academy of Sciences   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

auroral streamer; BBF; dipolarization front; plasma sheet; wave particle interaction; whistler waves

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878573701     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgra.50203     Document Type: Article

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