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... to map the geomagnetic field structure and parallel electric fields by observing echoes of beam electrons from the magnetic conjugate mirror point or from electrostatic structures along auroral field lines; (2) to study auroral processes, such as optical emissions and wave turbulence in auroral particle beams; (3)
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Key Terms

  • plasma physics
  • magnetic field
  • processes acting
  • geomagnetic field
  • plasma behavior

  • negative ion
  • auroral field
  • space shuttle
  • electric field
  • field lines

  • electric fields
  • electron beams
  • study space
  • plasma cloud
  • study spacecraft

  • shuttle missions
  • terrestrial laboratories
  • various processes
  • suprathermal electron
  • fundamental plasma


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