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Spiger et al. 1976
Spiger, R.J., Murphree, J.S., Anderson, H.R. and Loewenstein, R.F. (1976). Modulation of auroral electron fluxes in the frequency range 50 kHz to 10 MHz. Journal of Geophysical Research 81: doi: 10.1029/JA081i007p01269. issn: 0148-0227.

A detector designed to search for modulation of auroral electron fluxes in the frequency range 50 kHz to 10 MHz and energy range 5--7 keV was flown on a Nike-Tomahawk sounding rocket payload launched from Poker Flat, Alaska, at 0722 UT on February 25, 1972. Data from the flight show no obvious peaks in the frequency spectra. However, cross-correlation analysis of the data shows low-level modulation near the detection threshold of the instrument. The 5% modulation occurs at frequencies from 4.2 to 5.6 MHz at 211--218 s into the flight. The indicated modulation occurred near the boundary of two oppositely directed Birkeland sheet currents whose position was determined by the use of an on-board vector magnetometer. Also, accompanying the boundary was a large increase in the flux of electrons in the 0.5- to 20-keV range and strong pitch angle anisotropy peaked at 0¿--10¿. Lack of modulation at other times suggests that the observed modulation is related to these features.

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