Auroral source region: Plasma properties of the high‐latitude plasma sheet

CA Kletzing, JD Scudder, EE Dors… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Statistical results from a survey of 93 passes through the high‐latitude extension of the
plasma sheet of electron data from the Hydra instrument on the Polar spacecraft show that …

Energy spectra and angular distributions of particles in the plasma sheet and their comparison with rocket measurements over the auroral zone

EW Hones Jr, JR Asbridge, SJ Bame… - Journal of Geophysical …, 1971 - Wiley Online Library
This paper presents examples of electron and proton differential energy spectra between∼
100 ev and 18 kev measured with hemispherical plate electrostatic analyzers on the Vela …

Plasma sheet variations during substorms

EW Hones Jr - Planetary and Space Science, 1972 - Elsevier
The magnetotail plasma sheet thins down and then becomes thick again at 18 RE during a
magnetospheric substorm. Thinning often starts coincident with (±1 min) substorm onset …

Auroral plasma lines: a first comparison of theory and experiment

ES Oran, VB Wickwar, W Kofman… - Journal of Geophysical …, 1981 - Wiley Online Library
In this preliminary report on low‐energy (0.3 to 3 eV) secondary electrons in the auroral E
layer (90 to 150 km), we compare intensities of plasma lines observed with the Chatanika …

The inner edge of the plasma sheet and the diffuse aurora

DH Fairfield, AF Vinas - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 1984 - Wiley Online Library
Three‐dimensional measurements from the ISEE 1 low energy electron spectrometer are
used to map the location of the inner edge of the plasma sheet and study the anisotropies in …

Magnetospheric plasma

VM Vasyliunas - The Magnetosphere: Part III of Solar-Terrestrial Physics …, 1972 - Springer
This paper reviews the principal features of the distribution of plasma in the magnetosphere
as inferred from observations of particles with energies in the keV range and below. Low …

Relation of the plasma sheet to the nighttime auroral oval

K Lassen - Journal of Geophysical Research, 1974 - Wiley Online Library
The projection along the magnetic lines of force of the outer boundary of the plasma sheet
onto the ionosphere is shown to follow closely the poleward edge of a mass plot of auroral …

Auroral electron distribution function

RL Kaufmann, PB Dusenbery… - Journal of …, 1978 - Wiley Online Library
The electron velocity distribution function is presented in the energy range 25 eV< E< 15
keV during a rocket flight over an active aurora. The electron measurements are compared …

On the conjugacy of the aurora: High and low latitudes

PF Mizera, DJ Gorney, DS Evans - Geophysical research letters, 1987 - Wiley Online Library
On December 5, 1983 the polar orbiting satellites NOAA‐7 and DMSP‐F6, while in opposite
hemispheres, each crossed a narrow structure of auroral electron precipitation at nearly the …

Direct measurement of auroral electrons of low energies

RD Sharp, JB Reagan, SR Salisbury… - Journal of Geophysical …, 1965 - Wiley Online Library
The flux of precipitating electrons in the northern auroral zone has been measured with
scintillation‐type detectors aboard a polar orbiting satellite. The total preciptated energy and …