Abstract
Small-scale dynamic auroras have spatial scales of a few km or less, and temporal scales of a few seconds or less, which visualize the complex interplay among charged particles, Alfvén waves, and plasma instabilities working in the magnetosphere-ionosphere coupled regions. We summarize the observed properties of flickering auroras, vortex motions, and filamentary structures. We also summarize the development of fundamental theories, such as dispersive Alfvén waves (DAWs), plasma instabilities in the auroral acceleration region, ionospheric feedback instabilities (IFI), and the ionospheric Alfvén resonator (IAR).
Original language | English (US) |
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Article number | 17 |
Journal | Space Science Reviews |
Volume | 217 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Feb 2021 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature B.V. part of Springer Nature.
Keywords
- Auroral breakup
- Auroral phenomena
- Dispersive Alfven waves
- Flickering aurora
- Ionospheric Alfven resonator
- Ionospheric feedback instabilities
- Magnetosphere-ionosphere coupled region