Active auroral arc powered by accelerated electrons from very high altitudes

Active auroral arc powered by accelerated electrons from very high altitudes

Abstract Bright, discrete, thin auroral arcs are a typical form of auroras in nightside polar regions. Their light is produced by magnetospheric electrons, accelerated downward to obtain energies of several kilo electron volts by a quasi-static electric field. These electrons collide with and excite...

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Main Authors: Shun Imajo, Yoshizumi Miyoshi, Yoichi Kazama, Kazushi Asamura, Iku Shinohara, Kazuo Shiokawa, Yoshiya Kasahara, Yasumasa Kasaba, Ayako Matsuoka, Shiang-Yu Wang, Sunny W. Y. Tam, Tzu‑Fang Chang, Bo‑Jhou Wang, Vassilis Angelopoulos, Chae-Woo Jun, Masafumi Shoji, Satoko Nakamura, Masahiro Kitahara, Mariko Teramoto, Satoshi Kurita, Tomoaki Hori
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-01-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-79665-5

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-79665-5

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