the aurora: a look from above
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The Aurora: A Look from Above. 1.Ground-based observations 2. Plasma: the fourth state of matter 3. The sun and interplanetary space 4. The magnetosphere 5. Auroral acceleration. An example of discrete aurora. Auroral striations aligned with the geomagnetic field. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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The Aurora: A Look from Above
1.Ground-based observations2. Plasma: the fourth state of matter3. The sun and interplanetary space4. The magnetosphere5. Auroral acceleration
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An example of discrete aurora
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Auroral striations aligned with the geomagnetic field
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High altitude red auroraproduced by low energy electrons
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Pink lower borders produced by high energy electrons
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Aurora seen from the Space Shuttle
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Types of aurora• Discrete: produced by
active acceleration• Auroral patches:
Precipitation caused by wave-particle interaction
• Diffuse: Caused by inward convection and wave-particle interaction
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Aurora is magnetically conjugate
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The Auroral Substorm
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Seen from the all-sky camera
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Seen from a polar-orbiting satellite
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The Substorm
• Growth Phase – convection and equatorward moving diffuse arc
• Expansive Phase – Bright, rapidly moving aurora, magnetic disturbances
• Recovery Phase – Patchy, diffuse aurora
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Other things that happen
• Magnetic bays caused by auroral electrojet current. Transmission grid outages
• Magnetic pulsations• Radio emissions - chorus and hiss• Ionospheric radio absorption
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Storm vs Substorm
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Plasma: The fourth state of matter• A gas made up of electrically charged particles,
ions and electrons• Density differences between ions and electrons -> space charges -> electric fields• Differential motion between ions and electrons -> electric currents -> magnetic fields• Charged particle motion is affected by electric
and magnetic fields• A plasma is distinguished by long-range
collective interaction
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Waves in Plasmas
• Plasma Oscillation• Alfven waves:
– Compressional mode: magnetic field has pressure
– Shear mode: magnetic field has tension• Electron cyclotron waves• Electrostatic waves
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The Plasma Oscillation
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Effect of Collisions on Particle Motion
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Particle Trapping
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The Sun and InterplanetarySpace
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The Sun
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Poloidal and Toroidal Fields
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Chromosphere and Corona
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Corona and Solar Wind
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Rocket Motor Analogy of Solar Wind Expansion
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Properties of the Solar Wind at Earth’s Orbit
• It blows by the Earth at speeds of about 400 km/sec
• Consists primarily of protons, but carries multiply charged ions of other species, primarily O+++++++ and He++
• Typical densities of 5 cm-3
• Carries a highly variable magnetic field the order of 10 nT.
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The Earth’s Magnetosphere
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Substorm growth phase
• Begins with southward turning of the interplanetary magnetic field
• Enhanced convection• Stretching of the magnetotail• Expansion of the auroral oval and
equatorward movement of diffuse aurora
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Ionospheric convection
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Reconnection event
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Action of magnetotail field lines during substorm expansion
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Numerical Simulation
Of Substorm Expansive Phase
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Magnetic Field
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Plasma Flow
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Turbulent generation and propagation of Alfven waves
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Field-aligned currents
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Other parameters
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Polar Satellite Observations
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Substorm expansive phase
• Decrease or reorientation of interplanetary magnetic field (not always)
• Extended tail magnetic field snaps back carrying plasma earthward
• Turbulence in inner edge of plasma sheet and Pi2 magnetic pulsations
• Auroral expansion• Auroral electrojet• Ring current injection
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Auroral Acceleration
• We have presented circumstantial evidence linking shear Alfven waves and the aurora.
• We now examine mechanisms for accelerating auroral electrons.
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First Satellite Observation
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The simulation domain
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Simulation Parameters
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Parallel Electric Fields
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Energy Spectra Run #1
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Energy Spectra Run #2
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Close-up of Electric Field
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Acceleration by Inertial Alfven Waves
• Mechanism demands fine-scale structure characteristic of discrete aurora
• Large portion of accelerated electrons are trapped to replenish electron radiation belts.
• Large portion of accelerated electrons will precipitate in conjugate hemisphere, implying that some of the aurora we see was due to electrons accelerated in the southern hemisphere.
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Two Acceleration Mechanisms 1. Trapped in an accelerating wave.
Downward acceleration above altitude of peak Alfven velocity upward acceleration below altitude of peak velocity.
2. Acceleration by shock formation. Shock forms when wave propagates into region of decreasing wave velocity.
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Aurora on Other Planets
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Aurora on Jupiter
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Volcano on Io
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Aurora on Saturn