TY - JOUR
T1 - Oblique double layers
T2 - A comparison between terrestrial and auroral measurements
AU - Charles, C.
AU - Boswell, R. W.
AU - Hawkins, R.
PY - 2009/8/26
Y1 - 2009/8/26
N2 - The S3-3, POLAR, and FAST satellite auroral observations of parallel and perpendicular electric field structures have been identified as belonging to a large "U"-shaped potential structure that supports oblique electric double layers. This interpretation is verified by terrestrial laboratory measurements of a self-consistently supported three-dimensional oblique current-free double layer. Its width is a few tens of Debye lengths, its oblicity (with respect to the magnetic field) varies from 0 up to 30°, and its strength is a few times the electron temperature.
AB - The S3-3, POLAR, and FAST satellite auroral observations of parallel and perpendicular electric field structures have been identified as belonging to a large "U"-shaped potential structure that supports oblique electric double layers. This interpretation is verified by terrestrial laboratory measurements of a self-consistently supported three-dimensional oblique current-free double layer. Its width is a few tens of Debye lengths, its oblicity (with respect to the magnetic field) varies from 0 up to 30°, and its strength is a few times the electron temperature.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.095001
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.095001
M3 - Article
SN - 0031-9007
VL - 103
JO - Physical Review Letters
JF - Physical Review Letters
IS - 9
M1 - 095001
ER -