Wave generation in the Aurora

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Title	Wave generation in the Aurora
Contributors	R Bingham (SERC Rutherford Appleton Lab.), DA Bryant (SERC Rutherford Appleton Lab.), DS Hall (SERC Rutherford Appleton Lab.)
Abstract	Wave generation mechanisms by a number of free energy sources in the magnetosphere are discussed. These include the temperature difference between the plasma sheet and the tail lobes, the temperature anisotropy, and the field aligned currents. It is shown that a number of wave-modes can be generated via a Weibel-type instability by the above free energy sources, also the production of Langmuir waves can be created by ion-acoustic turbulence. Various wave-particle interaction mechanisms are presented as possible processes for the production of high energy electrons which are responsible for the aurora.
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Language	English (EN)

Type	Details	URI(s)	Local file(s)	Year
Report	RAL Technical Reports RL-83-029. 1983.		RL-83-029.pdf	1983