Spiral structures and regularities in magnetic field variations and auroras

• Published in: History of Geo- and Space Sciences
• Main Authors: Y. I. Feldstein, L. I. Gromova, M. Förster, A. E. Levitin
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2012
• Subjects: Science; Q; Geology; QE1-996.5; Dynamic and structural geology; QE500-639.5; Physics; QC1-999; Geophysics. Cosmic physics; QC801-809; Birkeland; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-3-1-2012; https://doaj.org/article/c773a1d8b02741829af1bf9ed4c8f2e4

The conception of spiral shaped precipitation regions, where solar corpuscles penetrate the upper atmosphere, was introduced into geophysics by C. Störmer and K. Birkeland at the beginning of the last century. Later, in the course of the XX-th century, spiral distributions were disclosed and studied...