Observations of Transverse and Parallel Acceleration of Terrestrial Ions at High Latitudes
2013
Selected S3-3 satellite ion-mass-spectrometer observations of upward-flowing 0.5-16-keV terrestrial ions in the auroral zones at altitudes 2000-8000 km are presented graphically and analyzed. The data are shown to support an interpretation in which ion conics are first formed at lower altitudes (by a mechanism which provides more energy to heavier ions) and then accelerated upward through a potential drop; outside these regions ion conics may be generated by mechanisms which are independent of ion mass.
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