Strong electron pitch angle diffusion observed at geostationary orbit

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Mar 1979

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1979georl...6..205b&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 6, Mar. 1979, p. 205-208. Research sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy.

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Earth Magnetosphere, Electron Diffusion, Energetic Particles, Geosynchronous Orbits, Pitch (Inclination), Anisotropy, Auroral Zones, Cosmic Noise, Electron Flux Density, Particle Interactions, Proton Flux Density, Riometers

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Comparison of auroral-zone riometer data with high-resolution energetic electron data at the geosynchronous orbit confirms previous observations that significant electron (energy greater than about 30 keV) precipitation begins remarkably near the flux level predicted in the Kennel-Petschek (1966) theory. The present observations, however, also provide adequate pitch-angle information to study the detailed evolution of energetic electron anisotropies from the weak pitch-angle diffusion limit to the strong diffusion limit predicted in the theory of wave-particle interactions. Since all substorm-accelerated electrons injected after fluxes have reached the strong diffusion limit are rapidly scattered and lost from the magnetosphere, the present measurements provide an experimental electron upper flux limit of 50 million electrons per sq cm-sec-sr at L = 6.6.

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