Influence of plasma collective effects on the structure of the aurora borealis streamers
Dzyubenko N.I. , Ivchenko V.N. , Milinevskii G.P. , Mishin E.V.
A two-maximum altitude structure was observed in the glow produced by a beam of high energy electrons entering the ionosphere; this structure agrees with theory which takes into account the effect of collisions on the dynamics of strong Langmuir turbulence excited by the beam.