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Tan, L.C., Fung, S.F. and Shao, X. (2004). Observation of magnetospheric relativistic electrons accelerated by Pc-5 ULF waves. Geophysical Research Letters 31: doi: 10.1029/2004GL019459. issn: 0094-8276. |
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Magnetic field, electric field and energetic electron measurements from CRRES, GOES-6 and -7 satellites are used to investigate the production of up to 2 MeV electron fluxes through a storm sudden commencement (SSC) event on August 27, 1991. Strong Pc-5 oscillations, whose electric field is mainly along the radial direction, and up to an order-of-magnitude enhancement in relativistic electron fluxes occurred simultaneously in a two-hour period. The enhanced electron fluxes are found to have a pancake-like pitch angle distribution, which is consistent with the fluxes being accelerated near the equatorial plane. The electron acceleration is shown to result from drift-resonant interactions with the toroidal-mode Pc-5 ULF waves having wave frequencies three times the electron drift frequency. In view of the L-variation of ULF wave frequencies, electron acceleration to relativistic energies becomes more effective in the geosynchronous region. |
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Keywords
Magnetospheric Physics, Energetic particles, trapped, Magnetospheric Physics, Magnetosphere—inner, Magnetospheric Physics, Solar wind/magnetosphere interactions, Space Plasma Physics, Charged particle motion and acceleration, Space Plasma Physics, Wave/particle interactions |
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American Geophysical Union 2000 Florida Avenue N.W. Washington, D.C. 20009-1277 USA 1-202-462-6900 1-202-328-0566 service@agu.org |
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