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Theory of some Quiet Magnetospheric [Phenomena related to the Geomagnetic Tail

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THIS is an outline of a theory which correlates four quiet aeronomic phenomena—(1) the ionized plasma in the geomagnetic field, particularly the tail; (2) the maintenance of the polar F region in winter; (3) type A red polar cap aurora; and (4) some aspects of the scattering of solar Lyman alpha radiation (La) into the night sky.

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COLE, K. Theory of some Quiet Magnetospheric [Phenomena related to the Geomagnetic Tail. Nature 211, 1385–1387 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/2111385a0

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