Field Aligned Currents and Auroral Precipitation During the Terrestrial Alfven Wing State

Brandon Burkholder, Li-Jen Chen, Kareem Sorathia +3

When sub-Alfvénic (Alfvén Mach number MA < 1) plasmas impact Earth, Alfvén wings (AWs) develop. A Multiscale Atmosphere Geospace Environment (MAGE) simulation of the April 2023…