Sun–Earth connection: Boundary layer waves and auroras

dc.contributor.author	Lakhina, G.S.
dc.contributor.author	Tsurutani, B.T.
dc.contributor.author	Arballo, J.K.
dc.contributor.author	Galvan, C.
dc.date.accessioned	2015-09-16T06:21:24Z
dc.date.accessioned	2021-02-12T09:30:55Z
dc.date.available	2015-09-16T06:21:24Z
dc.date.available	2021-02-12T09:30:55Z
dc.date.issued	2000
dc.identifier.citation	Pramana-Journal of Physics, v.55/5-6, p.665-683, 2000	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/428
dc.description.abstract	Boundary layers are the sites where energy and momentum are exchanged between two distinct plasmas. Boundary layers occurring in space plasmas can support a wide spectrum of plasma waves spanning a frequency range of a few mHz to 100 kHz and beyond. The main characteristics of the broadband plasma waves (with frequencies > 1 Hz) observed in the magnetopause, polar cap, and plasma sheet boundary layers are described. The rapid pitch angle scattering of energetic particles via cyclotron resonant interactions with the waves can provide sufficient precipitated energy flux to the ionosphere to create the diffused auroral oval. The broadband plasma waves may also play an important role in the processes of local heating/acceleration of the boundary layer plasma.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.subject	Wave-particle interactions	en_US
dc.subject	Boundary layer waves	en_US
dc.subject	Aurora	en_US
dc.title	Sun–Earth connection: Boundary layer waves and auroras	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US
dc.identifier.accession	090926