Electrostatic double layers as auroral particle accelerators – a problem

A search of the <i>Annales Geophysicae</i> database shows that double layers and other quasi-static electric potential structures have been invoked hundreds of times since the year 2000 as being the agents of auroral electron acceleration. This is despite the fact that energy transfer...

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Main Authors: D. A. Bryant, G. M. Courtier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2015-04-01
Series:Annales Geophysicae
Online Access:https://www.ann-geophys.net/33/481/2015/angeo-33-481-2015.pdf