Fine structure and pitch angle dependence of synchronous orbit electron injections

Details Fine structure and pitch angle dependence of synchronous orbit electron injections Fine structure and pitch angle dependence of synchronous orbit electron injections

Dec 1986

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1986jgr....9113411a&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 91, Dec. 1, 1986, p. 13411-13421.

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Electron Flux Density, Electron Precipitation, Fine Structure, Geosynchronous Orbits, Magnetic Storms, Ats 6, Geomagnetic Pulsations, Geomagnetic Tail, Scatha Satellite, Space Plasmas

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The observations by the SCATHA and ATS 6 satellites were used, first, to study synchronous orbit electron injections, in conjunction with ground measurements of Pi 2, and, second, to study the pitch angle dependence of electron intensities when crossing demarcation boundaries and injection fronts. The analyzed data are consistent with the hypothesis that an injection is the approximate colocation of Alfven layers behind which a more intense and hotter tail plasma resides. These boundaries, which are pitch angle dependent, not only move toward the earth, but also can relax tailward (or have a wavy spatial structure), creating some of the pitch angle anisotropies observed at synchronous orbit following an injection.

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