Title :
Evidence for an intense aurora recorded in antiquity
Author_Institution :
Los Alamos Nat. Lab., NM, USA
Abstract :
Summary form only given, as follows. Based on the compilation and analysis of the order of 50,000 digitally recorded petroglyphs, we have identified several dozen general categories of instabilities of a highly nonlinear plasma column generally associated with multi-megaampere Z-pinches. This suggests that prehistoric man recorded the occurrence of an intense and long-lasting aurora.
Keywords :
Z pinch; aurora; plasma instability; plasma nonlinear processes; antiquity; digitally recorded petroglyphs; highly nonlinear plasma column; instabilities; intense aurora; long-lasting aurora; multi-megaampere Z-pinches; Australia; Continents; Electron beams; Humans; Laboratories; Natural languages; Plasmas; Rivers; Surface morphology;
Conference_Titel :
Plasma Science, 2003. ICOPS 2003. IEEE Conference Record - Abstracts. The 30th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Jeju, South Korea
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7911-X
DOI :
10.1109/PLASMA.2003.1228570
