Understanding Aurora Formation with ESA’s Cluster Mission

Shed Light

Over 2 decades, Cluster has shed light on the auroral acceleration region, where parallel electric fields send charged particles on a collision course with the atmosphere.

The dynamics of current carriers in standing Alfvén waves: Parallel electric fields in the auroral acceleration region

10.1029/2001ja900168 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 107 (A7) ◽

Cited By ~ 31

Author(s):

Andrew N. Wright

Keyword(s):

Electric Fields ◽

Alfven Waves ◽

Alfvén Waves ◽

Acceleration Region ◽

Direct observation of large, quasi-static, parallel electric fields in the auroral acceleration region

Geophysical Research Letters ◽

10.1029/98gl00849 ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 25 (10) ◽

pp. 1629-1632 ◽

Cited By ~ 88

Author(s):

F. S. Mozer ◽

C. A. Kletzing

Keyword(s):

Electric Fields ◽

Direct Observation ◽

Acceleration Region ◽

Origin and geometry of upward parallel electric fields in the auroral acceleration region

10.1029/2000ja900117 ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 106 (A4) ◽

pp. 5763-5778 ◽

Cited By ~ 86

Author(s):

F. S. Mozer ◽

A. Hull

Keyword(s):

Electric Fields ◽

Acceleration Region ◽

A statistical study of large-amplitude parallel electric fields in the upward current region of the auroral acceleration region

10.1029/2001ja007540 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 108 (A1) ◽

Cited By ~ 45

Author(s):

A. J. Hull

Keyword(s):

Electric Fields ◽

Large Amplitude ◽

Statistical Study ◽

Acceleration Region ◽

Current Region ◽

Upward Current

Solitary Waves and Double Layers as the Source of Parallel Electric Fields in the Auroral Acceleration Region

High-Latitude Space Plasma Physics ◽

10.1007/978-1-4613-3652-5_24 ◽

1983 ◽

pp. 453-468 ◽

Cited By ~ 25

Author(s):

F. S. Mozer ◽

M. Temerin

Keyword(s):

Electric Fields ◽

Solitary Waves ◽

Double Layers ◽

Acceleration Region ◽

Theory of electric fields in the auroral acceleration region

10.1029/90ja02324 ◽

1991 ◽

Vol 96 (A3) ◽

pp. 3549 ◽

Cited By ~ 26

Author(s):

David Tetreault

Keyword(s):

Electric Fields ◽

Acceleration Region ◽

The roles of static and dynamic electric fields in the auroral acceleration region

10.1029/2001ja900162 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 107 (A6) ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Duncan A. Bryant

Keyword(s):

Electric Fields ◽

Acceleration Region ◽

Electromagnetic Ion Cyclotron Waves in Multi-Ions Hot Anisotropic Plasma in Auroral Acceleration Region-Particle Aspect Approach

Earth Moon and Planets ◽

10.1007/s11038-012-9400-4 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 109 (1-4) ◽

pp. 29-41 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Soniya Patel ◽

P. Varma ◽

M. S. Tiwari

Keyword(s):

Anisotropic Plasma ◽

Acceleration Region ◽

Electromagnetic Ion Cyclotron Waves

Ion Cyclotron Waves ◽

Ion Cyclotron ◽

Electron Energy Interplay in the Geomagnetic Trap Below the Auroral Acceleration Region

Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics ◽

10.1029/2020ja028811 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 126 (5) ◽

Author(s):

George V. Khazanov ◽

Alex Glocer ◽

Mike Chu

Keyword(s):

Electron Energy ◽

Acceleration Region ◽

In situ observations of density cavities extending above the auroral acceleration region

Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics ◽

10.1002/2014ja019799 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 119 (7) ◽

pp. 5286-5294 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

L. Alm ◽

G. T. Marklund ◽

T. Karlsson

Keyword(s):

Acceleration Region ◽

In Situ Observations