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Article: An explanation of auroral intensification during the substorm expansion phase

TitleAn explanation of auroral intensification during the substorm expansion phase
Authors
Keywordsaurora
field-aligned current
magnetotail
plasma sheet
substorm
Issue Date2017
Citation
Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 2017, v. 122, n. 8, p. 8560-8576 How to Cite?
AbstractA multiple auroral onset substorm on 28 March 2010 provides an opportunity to understand the physical mechanism in generating auroral intensifications during a substorm expansion phase. Conjugate observations of magnetic fields and plasma from the Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions during Substorms (THEMIS) spacecraft, of field-aligned currents (FACs) from the Active Magnetosphere and Planetary Electrodynamics Response Experiment (AMPERE) satellites, and from ground-based magnetometers and aurora are all available. The comprehensive measurements allow us to further our understanding of the complicated causalities among dipolarization, FAC generation, particle acceleration, and auroral intensification. During the substorm expansion phase, the plasma sheet expanded and was perturbed leading to the generation of a slow mode wave, which modulated electron flux in the outer plasma sheet. During this current sheet expansion, field-aligned currents formed, and geomagnetic perturbations were simultaneously detected by ground-based instruments. However, a magnetic dipolarization did not occur until about 3 min later in the outer plasma sheet observed by THEMIS-A spacecraft (THA). We believe that this dipolarization led to an efficient Fermi acceleration to electrons and consequently the cause of a significant auroral intensification during the expansion phase as observed by the All-Sky Imagers (ASIs). This Fermi acceleration mechanism operating efficiently in the outer plasma sheet during the expansion phase could be a common explanation of the poleward auroral development after substorm onset. These results also show a good agreement between the upward FAC derived from AMPERE measurements and the auroral brightening observed by the ASIs.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/334507
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dc.contributor.authorYao, Zhonghua-
dc.contributor.authorRae, I. J.-
dc.contributor.authorLui, A. T.Y.-
dc.contributor.authorMurphy, K. R.-
dc.contributor.authorOwen, C. J.-
dc.contributor.authorPu, Z. Y.-
dc.contributor.authorForsyth, C.-
dc.contributor.authorGrodent, D.-
dc.contributor.authorZong, Q. G.-
dc.contributor.authorDu, A. M.-
dc.contributor.authorKalmoni, N. M.E.-
dc.date.accessioned2023-10-20T06:48:38Z-
dc.date.available2023-10-20T06:48:38Z-
dc.date.issued2017-
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 2017, v. 122, n. 8, p. 8560-8576-
dc.identifier.issn2169-9380-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/334507-
dc.description.abstractA multiple auroral onset substorm on 28 March 2010 provides an opportunity to understand the physical mechanism in generating auroral intensifications during a substorm expansion phase. Conjugate observations of magnetic fields and plasma from the Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions during Substorms (THEMIS) spacecraft, of field-aligned currents (FACs) from the Active Magnetosphere and Planetary Electrodynamics Response Experiment (AMPERE) satellites, and from ground-based magnetometers and aurora are all available. The comprehensive measurements allow us to further our understanding of the complicated causalities among dipolarization, FAC generation, particle acceleration, and auroral intensification. During the substorm expansion phase, the plasma sheet expanded and was perturbed leading to the generation of a slow mode wave, which modulated electron flux in the outer plasma sheet. During this current sheet expansion, field-aligned currents formed, and geomagnetic perturbations were simultaneously detected by ground-based instruments. However, a magnetic dipolarization did not occur until about 3 min later in the outer plasma sheet observed by THEMIS-A spacecraft (THA). We believe that this dipolarization led to an efficient Fermi acceleration to electrons and consequently the cause of a significant auroral intensification during the expansion phase as observed by the All-Sky Imagers (ASIs). This Fermi acceleration mechanism operating efficiently in the outer plasma sheet during the expansion phase could be a common explanation of the poleward auroral development after substorm onset. These results also show a good agreement between the upward FAC derived from AMPERE measurements and the auroral brightening observed by the ASIs.-
dc.languageeng-
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics-
dc.subjectaurora-
dc.subjectfield-aligned current-
dc.subjectmagnetotail-
dc.subjectplasma sheet-
dc.subjectsubstorm-
dc.titleAn explanation of auroral intensification during the substorm expansion phase-
dc.typeArticle-
dc.description.naturelink_to_subscribed_fulltext-
dc.identifier.doi10.1002/2017JA024029-
dc.identifier.scopuseid_2-s2.0-85029946858-
dc.identifier.volume122-
dc.identifier.issue8-
dc.identifier.spage8560-
dc.identifier.epage8576-
dc.identifier.eissn2169-9402-
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000411788800048-

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