Electrostatic double layers as auroral particle accelerators – a problem

A search of the Annales Geophysicae database shows that double layers and other quasi-static electric potential structures have been invoked hundreds of times since the year 2000 as being the agents of auroral electron acceleration. This is despite the fact that energy transfer by conservative field...

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Published in:	Annales geophysicae (1988) Vol. 33; no. 4; pp. 481 - 482
Main Authors:	Bryant, D. A., Courtier, G. M.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Katlenburg-Lindau Copernicus GmbH 24-04-2015 Copernicus Publications
Subjects:	Acceleration Charged particles Cosmic rays Electric potential Electron acceleration Electrostatic properties Electrostatic waves Energy Energy transfer Fields Particle accelerators Physics
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Summary:	A search of the Annales Geophysicae database shows that double layers and other quasi-static electric potential structures have been invoked hundreds of times since the year 2000 as being the agents of auroral electron acceleration. This is despite the fact that energy transfer by conservative fields has been known for some 200 years to be impossible. Attention is drawn to a long-standing interpretation of the acceleration process in terms of the dynamic fields of electrostatic waves.
ISSN:	1432-0576 0992-7689 1432-0576
DOI:	10.5194/angeo-33-481-2015