Polarisation of the auroral red line in the Earth's upper atmosphere: a review (Invited)
International audience Polarisation of light is a key observable to provide information about asymmetry or anisotropy within a radiative source. Polarimetry of auroral emission lines in the Earth's upper atmosphere has been overlooked for decades. However, the bright red auroral line (6300Å) pr...
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ftceafr:oai:HAL:hal-02382407v1 2024-05-19T07:39:39+00:00 Polarisation of the auroral red line in the Earth's upper atmosphere: a review (Invited) Lamy, H. Barthelemy, M. Lilensten, J. Bommier, V. Simon Wedlund, C. Service de Physique Théorique (SPhT) Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Centre d'Études des Phénomènes Aléatoires et Géophysiques (CEPHAG) École Nationale Supérieure d'Ingénieurs Électriciens de Grenoble (ENSIEG)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique (LESIA (UMR_8109)) Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Department of Physics Oslo Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences Oslo University of Oslo (UiO)-University of Oslo (UiO) San Francisco (Californie), United States 2013-09-09 https://hal.science/hal-02382407 en eng HAL CCSD hal-02382407 https://hal.science/hal-02382407 BIBCODE: 2013AGUFM.P42B.03L American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2013 https://hal.science/hal-02382407 American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2013, Sep 2013, San Francisco (Californie), United States 2407 IONOSPHERE Auroral ionosphere 0310 ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE Airglow and aurora 3294 MATHEMATICAL GEOPHYSICS Instruments and techniques 5408 PLANETARY SCIENCES: SOLID SURFACE PLANETS Aurorae and airglow [SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics] [SDU.ASTR]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph] info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObject Conference papers 2013 ftceafr 2024-04-25T01:53:10Z International audience Polarisation of light is a key observable to provide information about asymmetry or anisotropy within a radiative source. Polarimetry of auroral emission lines in the Earth's upper atmosphere has been overlooked for decades. However, the bright red auroral line (6300Å) produced by collisional impact with electrons precipitating along magnetic field lines is a good candidate to search for polarisation. This problem was investigated recently with observations obtained by Lilensten et al (2008), Barthélemy et al (2011) and Lilensten et al (2013) with a photopolarimeter. Analysis of the data indicates that the red auroral emission line is polarised at a level of a few percent. The results are compared to theoretical predictions of Bommier et al (2011) that were obtained for a collimated beam. The comparison suggests the existence of depolarization processes whose origin will be discussed. A new dedicated spectropolarimeter currently under development will also be presented. This instrument will cover the optical spectrum from approximately 400 to 700 nm providing simultaneously the polarisation of the red line and of other interesting auroral emission lines such as N2+ 1NG (4278Å), other N2 bands, etc. The importance of these polarisation measurements in the context of upper atmosphere modelling and geomagnetic activity will be discussed. Lilensten, J. et al, Polarization in aurorae: A new dimension for space environments studies, Geophys. Res. Lett., 26, 269, 2008 Barthélemy M. et al, Polarisation in the auroral red line during coordinated EISCAT Svalbard Radar/optical experiments, Annales Geophysicae, Volume 29, Issue 6, 2011, 1101-1112, 2011. Bommier V. et al, The Theoretical Impact Polarization of the O I 6300 Å Red Line of Earth Auroræ, Annales Geophysicae, Volume 29, Issue 1, 2011, 71-79, 2011 Lilensten, J. et al, The thermospheric auroral red line polarization: confirmation of detection and first quantitative analysis, Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate, Volume 3, 12, 2013. Conference Object EISCAT Svalbard HAL-CEA (Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives) |
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2407 IONOSPHERE Auroral ionosphere 0310 ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE Airglow and aurora 3294 MATHEMATICAL GEOPHYSICS Instruments and techniques 5408 PLANETARY SCIENCES: SOLID SURFACE PLANETS Aurorae and airglow [SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics] [SDU.ASTR]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph] |
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2407 IONOSPHERE Auroral ionosphere 0310 ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE Airglow and aurora 3294 MATHEMATICAL GEOPHYSICS Instruments and techniques 5408 PLANETARY SCIENCES: SOLID SURFACE PLANETS Aurorae and airglow [SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics] [SDU.ASTR]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph] Lamy, H. Barthelemy, M. Lilensten, J. Bommier, V. Simon Wedlund, C. Polarisation of the auroral red line in the Earth's upper atmosphere: a review (Invited) |
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2407 IONOSPHERE Auroral ionosphere 0310 ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE Airglow and aurora 3294 MATHEMATICAL GEOPHYSICS Instruments and techniques 5408 PLANETARY SCIENCES: SOLID SURFACE PLANETS Aurorae and airglow [SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics] [SDU.ASTR]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph] |
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International audience Polarisation of light is a key observable to provide information about asymmetry or anisotropy within a radiative source. Polarimetry of auroral emission lines in the Earth's upper atmosphere has been overlooked for decades. However, the bright red auroral line (6300Å) produced by collisional impact with electrons precipitating along magnetic field lines is a good candidate to search for polarisation. This problem was investigated recently with observations obtained by Lilensten et al (2008), Barthélemy et al (2011) and Lilensten et al (2013) with a photopolarimeter. Analysis of the data indicates that the red auroral emission line is polarised at a level of a few percent. The results are compared to theoretical predictions of Bommier et al (2011) that were obtained for a collimated beam. The comparison suggests the existence of depolarization processes whose origin will be discussed. A new dedicated spectropolarimeter currently under development will also be presented. This instrument will cover the optical spectrum from approximately 400 to 700 nm providing simultaneously the polarisation of the red line and of other interesting auroral emission lines such as N2+ 1NG (4278Å), other N2 bands, etc. The importance of these polarisation measurements in the context of upper atmosphere modelling and geomagnetic activity will be discussed. Lilensten, J. et al, Polarization in aurorae: A new dimension for space environments studies, Geophys. Res. Lett., 26, 269, 2008 Barthélemy M. et al, Polarisation in the auroral red line during coordinated EISCAT Svalbard Radar/optical experiments, Annales Geophysicae, Volume 29, Issue 6, 2011, 1101-1112, 2011. Bommier V. et al, The Theoretical Impact Polarization of the O I 6300 Å Red Line of Earth Auroræ, Annales Geophysicae, Volume 29, Issue 1, 2011, 71-79, 2011 Lilensten, J. et al, The thermospheric auroral red line polarization: confirmation of detection and first quantitative analysis, Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate, Volume 3, 12, 2013. |
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Service de Physique Théorique (SPhT) Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Centre d'Études des Phénomènes Aléatoires et Géophysiques (CEPHAG) École Nationale Supérieure d'Ingénieurs Électriciens de Grenoble (ENSIEG)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique (LESIA (UMR_8109)) Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Department of Physics Oslo Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences Oslo University of Oslo (UiO)-University of Oslo (UiO) |
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Polarisation of the auroral red line in the Earth's upper atmosphere: a review (Invited) |
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Polarisation of the auroral red line in the Earth's upper atmosphere: a review (Invited) |
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Polarisation of the auroral red line in the Earth's upper atmosphere: a review (Invited) |
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Polarisation of the auroral red line in the Earth's upper atmosphere: a review (Invited) |
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polarisation of the auroral red line in the earth's upper atmosphere: a review (invited) |
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