Kinetic model of auroral plasma formation by magnetospheric convection and injection: 1. Electrons

We show that Green's function solutions to the collisionless time‐dependent Boltzmann equation can be economically used to construct a time‐dependent model of auroral plasma formation by global time‐dependent covection electric fields in dipolar magnetic geometry. We show that recently observed features, such as formation of field‐aligned distributions, formation of injection fronts and formation of inverse dispersion signatures, can be accounted for in a global time‐dependent convection model. This paper also sets forth the theoretical and presentation framework for subsequent data analytic studies of convected electron and ion distribution functions.