Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Apr 1991
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1991baicz..42...65v&link_type=abstract
Astronomical Institutes of Czechoslovakia, Bulletin (ISSN 0004-6248), vol. 42, no. 2, April 1991, p. 65-75.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Earth Magnetosphere, Electron Acceleration, Interplanetary Magnetic Fields, Magnetospheric Electron Density, Shock Waves, Intercosmos Satellites, Scattering Functions
Scientific paper
A simple model was used for treating effects of pitch angle scattering, in which electrons with an initial power-law distribution function move adiabatically in the shock layer and are randomly scattered in pitch angle. In comparison with the case without scattering, the number density and flux of reflected electrons decrease, reflected electrons have a much harder spectrum and extend to higher energies, and they also have a broader angular distribution. All these effects intensify with stronger scattering. Harder spectrum and flatter angular distribution are consistent with observations in the earth's bow shock.
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