Energetic electrons in the inner belt in 1968
Abstract
Pitch-angle data were obtained by the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory's scanning, magnetic electron spectrometer on OGO 5 during its traversals of the inner belt in 1968. Data from the five lowest-energy channels 79-822 keV, were analyzed in terms of j⊥ vs λI, time-decay rates, and spectral shapes at constant L. The inner-belt electron injection following two storm periods was observed; the first was the mild storm of 11 June and the second the more intense storms of 31 October and 1 November. Comparisons with other data indicate that only a small Starfish residual (at > 1 MeV) still remained in the heart of the inner belt; hence, the results are indicative of the normal inner belt. The data are discussed in terms of current ideas regarding the source and loss of particles in the inner belt.
- Publication:
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Planetary and Space Science
- Pub Date:
- July 1976
- DOI:
- 10.1016/0032-0633(76)90032-5
- Bibcode:
- 1976P&SS...24..643W
- Keywords:
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- Electron Decay Rate;
- High Energy Electrons;
- Inner Radiation Belt;
- Magnetic Effects;
- Magnetic Storms;
- Spectral Energy Distribution;
- Curve Fitting;
- Data Reduction;
- Electron Flux Density;
- Energy Spectra;
- Geomagnetism;
- Graphs (Charts);
- Ogo-5;
- Pitch (Inclination);
- Space Radiation