Pulsating aurora from electron scattering by chorus waves

S. Kasahara (), Y. Miyoshi, S. Yokota, T. Mitani, Y. Kasahara, S. Matsuda, A. Kumamoto, A. Matsuoka, Y. Kazama, H. U. Frey, V. Angelopoulos, S. Kurita, K. Keika, K. Seki and I. Shinohara
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S. Kasahara: School of Science, University of Tokyo
Y. Miyoshi: Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku
S. Yokota: Graduate School of Science, Osaka University
T. Mitani: Institute of Space and Astronautical Science
Y. Kasahara: Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Kanazawa University, Kakuma-machi
S. Matsuda: Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku
A. Kumamoto: Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University
A. Matsuoka: Institute of Space and Astronautical Science
Y. Kazama: Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics
H. U. Frey: Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California
V. Angelopoulos: Planetary and Space Sciences, University of California
S. Kurita: Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku
K. Keika: School of Science, University of Tokyo
K. Seki: School of Science, University of Tokyo
I. Shinohara: Institute of Space and Astronautical Science

Nature, 2018, vol. 554, issue 7692, 337-340

Abstract: High-angular-resolution measurements allow the direct observation of the scattering of energetic electrons by chorus waves in the magnetosphere, which causes quasiperiodic electron precipitation that gives rise to pulsating aurorae.

Date: 2018
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