ULF Modulation of Relativistic Electron Precipitation during the Geomagnetic Storm of 21 Dec 2005

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Dec 2010

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2010agufmsm22a..02b&link_type=abstract

American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2010, abstract #SM22A-02

Physics

[2716] Magnetospheric Physics / Energetic Particles: Precipitating, [2752] Magnetospheric Physics / Mhd Waves And Instabilities, [2774] Magnetospheric Physics / Radiation Belts, [2788] Magnetospheric Physics / Magnetic Storms And Substorms

Scientific paper

The MINIS balloon campaign was successfully conducted in January 2005 to investigate relativistic electron loss mechanisms. The MINIS campaign provided multi-point measurements of electron precipitation up to MeV energies, including simultaneous measurements at different longitudes and hemispheres. Four balloons, each carrying an X-ray spectrometer, and a 3-axis electric field instrument providing DC electric field and VLF measurements in 3 frequency bands, were launched from the South African Antarctic Station (SANAE IV). An X 7.1 solar flare occurred at 0636 UT on 20 January 2005. A CME from this flare arrived at the Earth 34 hours later. An SSC began at ~1650 UT followed by a geomagnetic storm with a Dst perturbation of ~-100nT. The arrival of the CME initiated an interval of very strong relativistic electron precipitation. The second and third Southern payloads and the first Northern payload made observations in both hemispheres of several extensive relativistic electron precipitation events that occurred from 1700 to 2000 UT on 21 January 2005. ULF waves are thought to play a significant role in the acceleration and precipitation of these particles. The X-ray counting rates observed by the Southern payloads were strongly modulated by quasi-periodic fluctuations with a several minute period during the second major precipitation interval. During the last several hours before the CME arrival, the balloons observed significant increases of the broad -band electric field power spectrum in the Pc3 and Pc5 bands. Narrow band Pc3 emissions were also seen at this time. This paper will present a study of the correlations in X-ray modulation between payloads and the results of a search for correlations between the X-ray modulations and the electric and magnetic fluctuations observed.

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