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Intense wave/particle event in the auroral ionsphere

Journal Article · · Geophys. Res. Lett.; (United States)
An intense burst of VLF waves, at frequencies just above the local proton gyrofrequency, was observed shortly after each of two intense bursts of field-aligned suprathermal electrons (E<250 eV) by instruments carried on a sounding rockets flown in diffuse aurora. If the two phenomena are associated with each other, the implication is that the electron acceleration occurred nearby, in a relatively small volume.
Research Organization:
Mullard Space Science Laboratory, University College London, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Holmbury St. Mary, Dorking, Surrey, England
OSTI ID:
6499100
Journal Information:
Geophys. Res. Lett.; (United States), Journal Name: Geophys. Res. Lett.; (United States) Vol. 8:4; ISSN GPRLA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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