{"paper":{"title":"Real-time imaging of density ducts between the plasmasphere and ionosphere","license":"http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/","headline":"","cross_cats":["astro-ph.EP"],"primary_cat":"physics.space-ph","authors_text":"A. A. Deshpande, Andre R. Offringa, A. Williams, B. J. Hazelton, B. M. Gaensler, Cathryn M. Trott, C. L. Williams, Colin J. Lonsdale, Colin L. Waters, D. A. Mitchell, David L. Kaplan, D. Oberoi, Emil Lenc, E. Morgan, F. Briggs, Frederick W. Menk, G. Bernardi, Iver H. Cairns, J. D. Bowman, John Morgan, K. S. Srivani, L. J. Greenhill, Lu Feng, Martin E. Bell, M. F. Morales, M. Johnston-Hollitt, Natasha Hurley-Walker, N. Udaya Shankar, Paul J. Hancock, Philip J. Erickson, R. B. Wayth, R. J. Cappallo, R. L. Webster, Ronald D. Ekers, R. Subrahmanyan, Shyeh Tjing Loi, S. J. Tingay, S. M. Ord, S. R. McWhirter, Tara Murphy, T. Prabu","submitted_at":"2015-04-24T11:10:11Z","abstract_excerpt":"Ionization of the Earth's atmosphere by sunlight forms a complex, multi-layered plasma environment within the Earth's magnetosphere, the innermost layers being the ionosphere and plasmasphere. The plasmasphere is believed to be embedded with cylindrical density structures (ducts) aligned along the Earth's magnetic field, but direct evidence for these remains scarce. Here we report the first direct wide-angle observation of an extensive array of field-aligned ducts bridging the upper ionosphere and inner plasmasphere, using a novel ground-based imaging technique. We establish their heights and "},"claims":{"count":0,"items":[],"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"source":{"id":"1504.06470","kind":"arxiv","version":1},"verdict":{"id":null,"model_set":{},"created_at":null,"strongest_claim":"","one_line_summary":"","pipeline_version":null,"weakest_assumption":"","pith_extraction_headline":""},"references":{"count":0,"sample":[],"resolved_work":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57","internal_anchors":0},"formal_canon":{"evidence_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"author_claims":{"count":0,"strong_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"builder_version":"pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1"}