On the location of the source for the energetic electron layer at the polar magnetopause and its relation to magnetic reconnection

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Jun 1981

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1981jgr....86.4579f&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 86, June 1, 1981, p. 4579-4588.

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High Energy Electrons, Magnetic Field Configurations, Magnetopause, Plasma Layers, Polar Regions, Satellite Observation, Earth Magnetosphere, Electron Flux Density, Electron Plasma, Frequency Distribution, Geomagnetic Tail, Heos B Satellite, Magnetosheath, Midlatitude Atmosphere, Plasma Diagnostics, Statistical Analysis

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A statistical study of electron flux and spectral measurements above 0.5 MeV, made in various regions of the magnetopause accessible to HEOS 2, has been performed with the aim of identifying the source of this magnetopause electron layer. The measurements along the polar magnetotail, along the mid-latitude dayside of the magnetopause, and on both sides of the magnetosheath/polar cusp interface, have been separately analyzed and are statistically compared. It is concluded that the escape of electrons from the magnetosphere can be excluded as a significant source for the tail magnetopause layer on the basis of the observed intensities, of the spectra, and of the frequency of appearance of electrons outside those magnetopause regions lying adjacent to the outer trapping zone.

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