A mechanism of the auroral substorm expansion onset: electric discharge in the double layer
Magnetospheric substorms often occur when a significant amount of energy from the solar wind is deposited and stored in the magnetotail during the growth phase and release explosively in the expansion phase, which accelerates charged particles causing the rapid auroral intensification. A physical me...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2023-11-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fspas.2023.1296626/full |