Injection boundary dynamics during a geomagnetic storm

Details Injection boundary dynamics during a geomagnetic storm Injection boundary dynamics during a geomagnetic storm

Aug 1976

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1976jgr....81.3851k&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 81, Aug. 1, 1976, p. 3851-3865.

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Electron Energy, Geomagnetism, Magnetic Storms, Proton Precipitation, Electric Fields, Electron Flux Density, Explorer Satellites, Magnetospheric Instability, Night Sky, Plasmapause, Radiation Sources, Satellite Orbits

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A series of proton and electron injections were observed by Explorer 45 associated with several substorms during the main phase of the Feb. 24, 1972 geomagnetic storm. The 1- to 290-keV protons and 1- to 560-keV electrons were observed in the evening quadrant up to L of about 5.2. A model distorted dipole magnetic field and McIlwain's E3 convection electric field were used to backtrack the energy-dispersed electron and proton fluxes to their source at the time of injection. The source turns out to be a region extending over several earth radii outside an injection boundary. In the night magnetosphere, the inferred injection boundary is displaced inward with each successive substorm. The energy dispersion plot of the particles injected during orbit 314 indicates that as the energy of the observed particles decreases there is a smooth transition to the position of the plasmapause. This suggests that for that substorm the injection boundary and the plasmapause were one and the same. The proton 'noses' reported by Smith and Hoffman (1974) are discussed.

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