Equatorial trapped plasmasphere ion distributions and transverse stochastic acceleration

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Feb 1985

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1985jgr....90.1765c&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 90, Feb. 1, 1985, p. 1765-1770.

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Equatorial Atmosphere, Ion Density (Concentration), Particle Acceleration, Plasmasphere, Satellite Sounding, Anisotropic Media, Dynamics Explorer 1 Satellite, Pitch (Inclination), Scatha Satellite, Stochastic Processes

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Observations by the DE 1 and SCATHA satellites have revealed ion distribution functions in the equatorial plasmasphere which are sharply peaked at 90 deg pitch angle. The pitch angle anisotropy increases with increasing energy for the observed distributions. Also observed by SCATHA and earlier spacecraft are cyclotron harmonic emissions which are closely confined to the plasmasphere equator. It is demonstrated here that the observed highly anisotropic ion distribution at thermal energies can be explained, as the consequence of the nonlinear evolution of an initially Maxwellian distribution with a characteristic plasmasphere thermal plasma temperature by stochastic acceleration, using the observed levels of wave turbulence.

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