Temporal Structure of MeV Electron Precipitation

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2716 Energetic Particles, Precipitating, 2730 Magnetosphere: Inner

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On January 12, 2000, the MAXIS (MeV Auroral X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy) long duration balloon experiment was launched from McMurdo, Antarctica carrying x-ray instrumentation designed to search for MeV electron precipitation similar to the event observed in 1996 over Kiruna, Sweden (L=5.8). MAXIS detected seven x-ray bursts with significant flux extending above 0.8 MeV during the 18 day flight in addition to extended periods of softer X-ray activity. These seven events are characterized by an extremely flat spectrum ( ~E-1.7) indicating that the bulk of precipitating electrons producing the x-rays is at relativistic energies. The bursts were detected between magnetic latitudes 58o-67o (corresponding to L-values between 3.8-6.7) with durations varying from several minutes to several hours. The MeV bursts were found to occur preferentially in the late afternoon/dusk sectors (14:30-00:00 MLT) while softer precipitation was detected at all magnetic local times. Two of the strongest MeV events detected by MAXIS show strong modulation of the x-ray count rate at ULF timescales ( ~150 s) similar to modulations observed during the Kiruna event at 100-200 s. We present results from temporal analysis of the MAXIS germanium spectrometer data and examine ground-based and spacecraft observations for evidence of coincident ULF wave activity.

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