Electron energization in the geomagnetic tail current sheet

Details Electron energization in the geomagnetic tail current sheet Electron energization in the geomagnetic tail current sheet

Jul 1984

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1984jgr....89.5479l&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 89, July 1, 1984, p. 5479-5487.

Physics

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Current Sheets, Electron Precipitation, Geomagnetic Tail, Magnetically Trapped Particles, Magnetospheric Electron Density, Atmospheric Electricity, Auroral Zones, Convection, Electron Acceleration, Electron Trajectories, Energy Spectra, High Energy Electrons, Space Plasmas

Scientific paper

Electron motion in the geomagnetic tail current sheet is examined analytically. An estimation of the energization of electrons trapped by the convective field is made independent of a guiding center approximation. The electrons in the energy range 100 eV - 100 keV have their pitch angle scattered and trapped in the current sheet until accelerated by the convective field. Predictions are made for the electrons that escape the current sheet, electron precipitation in diffuse auroral phenomena and current sheet interactions as a source for plasma sheet electrons and ions.

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