Investigation of a laboratory plasma for a geophysical simulation experiment

Summary form only given, as follows. Laboratory experiments and numerical simulations
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at the University of Strathclyde investigate the phenomenon of Auroral Kilometric Radiation (AKR) which is generated naturally in the polar regions of the Earth's magnetosphere as electrons descend through regions of plasma depletion, the auroral density cavity, and experience magnetic compression
³
. Satellites have measured values of f
pe
∼9kHz, n
e
∼10
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m
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and f
ce
∼300kHz within the auroral density cavity.