Physics
Scientific paper
Apr 1976
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1976jgr....81.1695c&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 81, Apr. 1, 1976, p. 1695-1699.
Physics
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Angular Distribution, Auroral Zones, Electron Energy, Electron Precipitation, Daytime, Electron Scattering, Energy Spectra, Magnetosheath, Pitch (Inclination), Satellite Observation
Scientific paper
An electrostatic analyzer, a Lepedea, was employed on the low-altitude satellite Ariel 4 in order to gain pitch angle distributions of electron intensities with good temporal resolution within the energy range 205 eV to 12.5 keV over the day side auroral oval. Two major precipitation zones were encountered: an equatorward zone of broad spectra with intensities of about 10 to the 4th el/sq cm/s/sr/eV and a poleward zone, the polar cusp, with intensities typical of those of the magnetosheath. Angular distributions within the equatorward zone are generally isotropic outside of the atmospheric backscatter cone. The precipitation mechanism would appear to be pitch angle scattering near the distant magnetic equator. In contrast, pitch angle distributions within the polar cusp are often found to be strongly field aligned with intensities within the atmospheric loss cone greater by factors of about 10 than the mirroring intensities.
Craven John D.
Frank Louis A.
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