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Anomalous resistivity on auroral field lines
Author(s) -
Rowland H. L.,
Palmadesso P. J.,
Papadopoulos K.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/gl008i012p01257
Subject(s) - electrical resistivity and conductivity , magnetic field , field line , adiabatic process , condensed matter physics , geophysics , electron , physics , field (mathematics) , moment (physics) , quantum mechanics , mathematics , pure mathematics
Conditions that exist along auroral field lines (δn i /n o > .25, Ω e /ω e > 1) act to break the adiabatic invariance of the electron magnetic moment, cause strong anomalous dc resistivity, and generate electron distributions in good agreement with observations.