Plasma sheet particle precipitation: A kinetic model
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Authors
Lemaire, J.
Scherer, M.
Discipline
Physical sciences
Audience
Scientific
Date
1973Metadata
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Ionospheric and plasma sheet particle densities, fluxes and bulk velocities along an auroral magnetic field line have been calculated for an ion-exosphere model. It is shown that such a collisionless model accounts for many features observed above the auroral regions. Except for very strong plasma sheet electron precipitation, no large potential difference is needed along the magnetic field lines to account for the usual proton and electron fluxes, their pitch angle distributions, and auroral field aligned currents.
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Lemaire, J.; Scherer, M. (1973). Plasma sheet particle precipitation: A kinetic model. , Planetary and Space Science, Vol. 21, Issue 2, 281-289, DOI: 10.1016/0032-0633(73)90012-3.Identifiers
scopus: 2-s2.0-0005891879
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Article
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Yes
Language
eng