Studies of the sharply defined L dependent energy threshold for isotropy at the midnight trapping boundary

Details Studies of the sharply defined L dependent energy threshold for isotropy at the midnight trapping boundary Studies of the sharply defined L dependent energy threshold for isotropy at the midnight trapping boundary

Nov 1979

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Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 84, Nov. 1, 1979, p. 6371-6384. Research sponsored by the Lockheed Independent Research P

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Electron Precipitation, Energetic Particles, Magnetospheric Instability, Nocturnal Variations, Thresholds, Trapped Particles, Angular Distribution, Energy Spectra, Isotropic Media, Magnetic Rigidity, Pitch (Inclination), Protons

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According to observations carried out by Imhof et al. (1977), the onset of isotropy for electrons and protons near the midnight trapping boundary occurs frequently at a sharply defined energy threshold which decreases rapidly with increasing L value. In the present paper, the addition of energy spectrum measurements to the pitch angle distribution provides new information on the magnetic field configuration in the tail region during these cases. The energy dependent characteristics, presented in the present paper, include the positions and total latitude widths of the transition region from locally trapped to precipitating pitch angle distributions, the intensities and locations of near-coincident enhancements in the trapped fluxes, and the intensities of electron precipitation at energies below the threshold for isotropy.

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