Linear theory and measurements of electron oscillations in an inertial Alfvén wave
Abstract
The physics of the aurora is one of the foremost unsolved problems of space physics. The mechanisms responsible for accelerating electrons that precipitate onto the ionosphere are not fully understood.
- Authors:
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- Univ. of Iowa, Iowa City, IA (United States)
- Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Univ. of Iowa, Iowa City, IA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1465691
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1348863
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0014599; FG02-06ER54890
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physics of Plasmas
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 24; Journal Issue: 3; Journal ID: ISSN 1070-664X
- Publisher:
- American Institute of Physics (AIP)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
Citation Formats
Schroeder, J. W. R., Skiff, F., Howes, G. G., Kletzing, C. A., Carter, T. A., and Dorfman, S. Linear theory and measurements of electron oscillations in an inertial Alfvén wave. United States: N. p., 2017.
Web. doi:10.1063/1.4978293.
Schroeder, J. W. R., Skiff, F., Howes, G. G., Kletzing, C. A., Carter, T. A., & Dorfman, S. Linear theory and measurements of electron oscillations in an inertial Alfvén wave. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4978293
Schroeder, J. W. R., Skiff, F., Howes, G. G., Kletzing, C. A., Carter, T. A., and Dorfman, S. Thu .
"Linear theory and measurements of electron oscillations in an inertial Alfvén wave". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4978293. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1465691.
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title = {Linear theory and measurements of electron oscillations in an inertial Alfvén wave},
author = {Schroeder, J. W. R. and Skiff, F. and Howes, G. G. and Kletzing, C. A. and Carter, T. A. and Dorfman, S.},
abstractNote = {The physics of the aurora is one of the foremost unsolved problems of space physics. The mechanisms responsible for accelerating electrons that precipitate onto the ionosphere are not fully understood.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4978293},
journal = {Physics of Plasmas},
number = 3,
volume = 24,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Mar 16 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Thu Mar 16 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
}
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