An interpretation for the bipolar electric field structures parallel to the magnetic field observed in the auroral ionosphere

A physical model for the existence of bipolar structures in the electric field that are parallel to the magnetic field and observed in the auroral ionosphere, is established by deriving the "Sagdeev potential" from the two-fluid equations in a cylindrical coordinate system. The model sh...

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Main Authors: Jiankui Shi, M. N. S. Qureshi, K. Torkar, M. Dunlop, Zhenxing Liu, T. L. Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2008-06-01
Series:Annales Geophysicae
Online Access:https://www.ann-geophys.net/26/1431/2008/angeo-26-1431-2008.pdf