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Auroral investigations by means of rockets

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A survey of rocket experiments undertaken to study auroral zone events includes summary information about instrumentation and results in the field of energetic electrons and protons, of charged particle densities, of optical observations, of magnetic and electric fields, of bremsstrahlung X-rays, of thermal electrons, and of production rates. Other auroral investigations except those involving rockets have been largely ignored.

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Pfister, W. Auroral investigations by means of rockets. Space Sci Rev 7, 642–688 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00542893

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