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Craven & Frank 1978
Craven, J.D. and Frank, L.A. (1978). Energization of polar cusp electrons at the noon meridian. Journal of Geophysical Research 83: doi: 10.1029/JA083iA05p02127. issn: 0148-0227.

Observations gained with an electrostatic analyzer on board the low-altitude satellite Ariel 4 demonstrate that the directional, differential spectra of polar cusp electron intensities are regulated by the sign of the elevation angle of the interplanetary magnetic field, ϑIMF. The altitude of the nearly circular polar orbit was ~550 km. In the energy range 200≲E≲700 eV, spectra of polar cusp electron intensities were not observed to respond to changes in the sign of ϑIMF. At greater energies, spectra were found to be significantly harder when ϑIMF>0¿, with enhancements of a factor of ~10 typical for 2-keV electron intensities. Furthermore, these enhanced intensities appear to be localized within a ~1-hour sector of magnetic local time centered on the noon meridian. Enhanced intensities were detected during each sampling of electron intensities at local times MLT=11.5-12.6 hours when ϑIMF>0¿ but were observed only occasionally at lesser and greater local times. The physical processes responsible for the observed enhancements in electron intensities are unknown. Trapped magnetospheric electrons of sufficient intensities, which are generally present just equatorward of the polar cusp, are ruled out as a possible source.

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