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Sperling & Glassman 1985
Sperling, J.L. and Glassman, A.J. (1985). Striation eigenmodes along the geomagnetic field and eigenvalues in the limit of strong ion-neutral collisions. Journal of Geophysical Research 90: doi: 10.1029/JA090iA03p02819. issn: 0148-0227.

A second-order linear differential equation is derived for determining the linear eigenmodes of striation instabilities along the geomagnetic field. Eigenvalues (i.e., temporal frequencies in complex space) are determined along with the eigenmodes. The differential equation includes the contribution of two significant physical effects, ion polarization currents and inductive electric fields. The numerical evaluation of the differential equation emphasizes the collisional limit appropriate to situations when the instabilities are driven at altitudes where the ion-neutral collision frequency is much larger than the growth rate for the instability. The numerical results indicate that the instabilities can drive parallel electron currents in the magnetosphere. However, because of finite parallel resistivity, magnetic field lines generally cannot be considered to be equipotentials. It is suggested that the coefficient for ion diffusion resulting from ion-neutral collisions plays an important role in determining the maximum perpendicular wave number for which bifurcation is possible. The coefficient for ion-neutral diffusion results in a qualitatively and quantitatively meaningful diffusivity for application to the ''U-shaped'' curve description of striation evolution.

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