The magnetopause electron layer along the distant magnetotail

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Apr 1977

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1977georl...4..133b&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 4, Apr. 1977, p. 133-136.

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Atmospheric Stratification, Electron Distribution, Geomagnetic Tail, High Energy Electrons, Magnetopause, Electron Energy, Energy Dissipation, Imp, Satellite Observation

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An energetic electron layer is found immediately adjacent to, and outside of, the magnetopause surface along the distant magnetotail. The layer has been detected by instrumentation aboard the earth-orbiting spacecraft IMP-8 and is observed for electrons with energies above about 200 keV. The present study shows that such electrons form a layer about 3 earth radii thick and are strongly streaming in a well-ordered pattern, especially along the dusk magnetopause. The energy dissipation implied by the persistent flow may be a direct indication of nearly continuous magnetic merging at or near the magnetopause.

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