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Enhancement of Auroral Hydrogen Lines towards Lower Latitudes

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MANY years ago, I suggested that the bundles of solar electric rays which produce the auroræ and most magnetic disturbances are composed of electrons electrostatically neutralized by positive ions of great specific charge, mainly protons1–4.

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VEGARD, L. Enhancement of Auroral Hydrogen Lines towards Lower Latitudes. Nature 170, 1120–1121 (1952). https://doi.org/10.1038/1701120b0

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