Physics
Scientific paper
Jun 1981
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1981jgr....86.4461p&link_type=abstract
(Upstream Wave and Particle Workshop, California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, Apr. 15, 16,
Physics
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High Energy Electrons, Magnetopause, Magnetosheath, Relativistic Particles, Solar Wind, Diffusion Theory, Interplanetary Magnetic Fields, Lines Of Force, Mean Free Path, Power Spectra
Scientific paper
The propagation of energetic electrons through the magnetosheath and solar wind has been considered in the two extremes of scatter-free motion and diffusive motion. Predictions are made of the omnidirectional intensity and anisotropy at different points on a particular field line when a source is assumed close to the magnetopause. The theory is applied to observations of electrons with energies exceeding 200 keV, and derived mean free paths in the magnetosheath are 3.8 + or - 0.6 earth radii and 8.7 + or - 0.6 earth radii on two separate traversals, while the average results over a four-year period give about 1.0 earth radii. The mean free path was also computed from the quasi-linear theory and measured magnetic power spectra; these give lambda varying from 0.27 earth radii for a typical high level to 4.6 earth radii for a typical low level of disturbance in the magnetosheath.
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