Multi-Spacecraft Observations of the Auroral Acceleration Region
The two major agents for producing aurora are generally believed to be the quasi-static parallel electric fields, accelerating electrons in the auroral acceleration region (AAR), and Alfvén waves. The Cluster spacecraft quartet has made multi-spacecraft measurements in the AAR possible for the first...
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| Format: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Language: | English |
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KTH, Rymd- och plasmafysik
2012
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| Online Access: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-104472 http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:isbn:978-91-7501-526-2 |