TY - GEN
T1 - Resonant interactions of Alfvén waves and electrons in the LAPD and the acceleration of auroral electrons
AU - Schroeder, J. W.R.
AU - Howes, G. G.
AU - Skiff, F.
AU - Kletzing, C. A.
AU - Carter, T. A.
AU - Vincena, S.
AU - Dorfman, S.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 IEEE.
PY - 2021/8/9
Y1 - 2021/8/9
N2 - Alfvén waves have long been thought to resonantly accelerate auroral electrons [1]. The acceleration process is hypothesized to involve inertial Alfvén waves, which have typical length scales perpendicular to the background magnetic field B 0 comparable to the electron skin depth [2]. At these perpendicular scales, inertial Alfvén waves have an electric field component parallel to B 0 that could resonantly accelerate electrons to auroral energies. The Polar and FAST missions have identified a statistical coincidence between Alfvén waves, accelerated electrons, and auroras [3] , [4]. Simulations have detailed the motion of an ensemble of test particles and identified the characteristics of an accelerated population.
AB - Alfvén waves have long been thought to resonantly accelerate auroral electrons [1]. The acceleration process is hypothesized to involve inertial Alfvén waves, which have typical length scales perpendicular to the background magnetic field B 0 comparable to the electron skin depth [2]. At these perpendicular scales, inertial Alfvén waves have an electric field component parallel to B 0 that could resonantly accelerate electrons to auroral energies. The Polar and FAST missions have identified a statistical coincidence between Alfvén waves, accelerated electrons, and auroras [3] , [4]. Simulations have detailed the motion of an ensemble of test particles and identified the characteristics of an accelerated population.
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U2 - 10.1109/ICEAA52647.2021.9539786
DO - 10.1109/ICEAA52647.2021.9539786
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85116289479
T3 - 2021 International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications, ICEAA 2021
SP - 287
BT - 2021 International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications, ICEAA 2021
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 22nd International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications, ICEAA 2021
Y2 - 9 August 2021 through 13 August 2021
ER -