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On the source of auroral kilometric radiation

M. M. Mogilevskii^a, T. V. Romantsova^a, Ya. Khanash^b, T. M. Burinskaya^a, R. Shraiber<sup>b

a</sup> Space Research Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences
^b Center for Space Research, Torun, Poland

Abstract: The radiation pattern has been determined on the basis of the comparative analysis of auroral kilometric radiation (AKR) received in the space-diversity mode by two satellites, Interball-2 and Polar. The radiation propagates in a cone with an opening angle ~±25° and the axis aligned with the local magnetic field. The results con-firm the theoretical estimates that the source boundaries play a significant role in the generation of the auroral kilometric radiation and in the formation of the radiation pattern.

PACS: 94.30.Aa, 94.30.Tz

Received: 25.10.2007

 English version: Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics Letters, 2007, 86:11, 709–711

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