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The thermospheric auroral red line Angle of Linear Polarization

dc.contributor.authorLilensten, J.
dc.contributor.authorBarthélemy, M.
dc.contributor.authorBesson, G.
dc.contributor.authorLamy, H.
dc.contributor.authorJohnsen, M.G.
dc.contributor.authorMoen, J.
dc.date2016
dc.date.accessioned2016-08-23T10:29:30Z
dc.date.available2016-08-23T10:29:30Z
dc.identifier.urihttps://orfeo.belnet.be/handle/internal/4266
dc.descriptionThe auroral red line at 630 nm is linearly polarized. Up to now, only its Degree of Linear Polarization had been studied. In this article, we examine for the first time the Angle of Linear Polarization (AoLP) and we compare the measurements to the apparent angle of the magnetic field at the location of the red line emission. We show that the AoLP is a tracer of the magnetic field configuration. This opens new perspectives, both in the frame of space weather and in the field of planetology.
dc.languageeng
dc.titleThe thermospheric auroral red line Angle of Linear Polarization
dc.typeArticle
dc.subject.frascatiPhysical sciences
dc.audienceScientific
dc.source.titleJournal of Geophysical Research A: Space Physics
dc.source.volume121
dc.source.issue7
dc.source.page7125-7134
Orfeo.peerreviewedYes
dc.identifier.doi10.1002/2016JA022941
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-84979284145


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