SPACE PHYSICS The origin of pulsating auroras

被引：1
作者：
Jaynes, Allison N. [1 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Iowa, Dept Phys & Astron, Iowa City, IA 52242 USA
来源：
NATURE | 2018年 / 554卷 / 7692期
关键词：
ELECTRON; MAGNETOSPHERE;
D O I：
10.1038/d41586-018-01669-z
中图分类号：
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号：
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要：
Spectacular light shows in Earth’s atmosphere called pulsating auroras are directly linked to processes in space. After decades of research, the full chain of events that creates such auroras has been observed.
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