Acceleration Mechanism of Auroral Particles: A Review (a. Precipitating Particles and Auroras) (Proceedings of the First Symposium on Coordinated Observations of the Ionosphere and the Magnetosphere in the Polar Regions (Part I))
A review of recent observational and theoretical results on the problem of auroral particle acceleration is given. First, evidences of the existence of field-aligned potential drops as an agent of particle acceleration are summarized. Second, the necessity of external electric generators is shown, a...
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| Language: | English |
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National Institute of Polar Research
1979-01-01
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| Series: | Antarctic Record |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.15094/00008007 |