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This volume surveys our current scientific understanding of the
terrestrial aurora. It is organized into eleven reviews detailing
theoretical and observational aspects of characteristic auroral
morphologies, and how these in turn are organized according to
local time, latitude, and activity level. Popular descriptions
often attribute the aurora to the interaction of charged particles
from the solar wind with atoms in the upper atmosphere. In fact,
most auroras are not the result of direct entry of solar wind
particles. Rather, as detailed in this volume, auroral particle
acceleration and generation of auroral forms occur primarily within
the magnetosphere. Importantly, many key aspects of the aurora -
most notably, the physical mechanisms responsible for the
generation of discrete arcs - are still unexplained, and auroral
physics continues to be an active area of scientific research. Each
review chapter therefore includes a summary of open questions for
further investigation. Providing the first comprehensive review of
the terrestrial aurora in two decades, this book will aid both
active researchers and newcomers interested in understanding the
current state of the field. Previously published Space Science
Reviews in the Topical Collection "Auroral Physics"
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