"Pancake" electron distributions in the outer radiation belts

Electron pitch angle distributions sharply peaked at 90° pitch angle were first recorded in the energy range 50 eV < E < 500 eV by the GEOSl and GEOS2 spacecraft in 1977/1978, from the plasmapause out to geostationary orbit. At the time they were explained as the remnants of pitch angle diffus...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of Geophysical Research, Washington, DC Washington, DC, 1999-06, Vol.104 (A6), p.12431-12444
Hauptverfasser:	Meredith, Nigel P., Johnstone, Alan D., Szita, Sarah, Horne, Richard B., Anderson, Roger R.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Earth, ocean, space Exact sciences and technology External geophysics Physics of the magnetosphere Trapped particles
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