Electron precipitation in the postmidnight sector of the auroral zones

Details Electron precipitation in the postmidnight sector of the auroral zones Electron precipitation in the postmidnight sector of the auroral zones

Jan 1976

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1976jgr....81..155f&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 81, Jan. 1, 1976, p. 155-167.

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Angular Distribution, Auroral Zones, Electron Precipitation, Energy Spectra, Magnetic Storms, Night Sky, Electrostatic Probes, Ionospheric Disturbances, Magnetic Equator, Magnetospheric Electron Density, Plasma Probes, Plasma Turbulence, Polar Orbits, Satellite Observation

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Measurements of the angular distributions and energy spectra of electron intensities within the energy range 50 eV to 15 keV with electrostatic analyzer arrays on board the low-altitude satellite Injun 5 are reported for the postmidnight sector of the auroral zones during the high-intensity events accompanying magnetic substorms. Precipitation features on closed terrestrial field lines well equatorward of the trapping boundary for electrons with energies greater than 45 keV are examined. Precipitation of low-energy electron intensities was characterized by isotropy for all pitch angles outside the atmospheric backscatter cone. The region of electron precipitation observed is associated with the diffuse aurora and with pulsating aurora in the postmidnight sector. Similar variations of the energetic electron intensities with energies above 45 keV were observed in the regions of fluctuating energy fluxes of low-energy electrons associated with auroral luminosity. The increases of energetic electron intensities were not coincident with those of the principal energy fluxes into the atmosphere, except when the average electron energy for the energy fluxes was unusually high, i.e., in the 10-keV range. Precipitation of electron intensities within these energy ranges is consistent with strong pitch angle diffusion of electron intensities near or at the magnetic equator by high-frequency wave turbulence, the effectiveness of which is modulated by perturbations attributable to micropulsations.

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