1997
DOI: 10.1029/97gl51407
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A quiescent state of 3 to 8 MeV radiation belt electrons

Abstract: Abstract.During a •3 month period in mid-1996 outer radiation belt electrons in the energy range from •3 to 8 MeV were diffusing inward and decaying in intensity with no internal or external source.Measurements from the HIST instrument on POLAR are used to constrain a model for time dependent lossy radial diffusion of these electrons, and to obtain estimates of a parameterized radial diffusion coefficient and lifetime. For lower energy electrons, of HI to 3 MeV, a source at L > 6 is apparent throughout most of… Show more

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“…A dipole magnetic field model was assumed for this relatively quiet interval. Overall, the radial diffusion calculation does well in accounting for the four orders of magnitude decrease in PSD over the 2-month interval following the March 24 injection, as have similar calculations over an extended quiet interval (Selesnick et al, 1997).…”
Section: Article In Pressmentioning
confidence: 83%
“…A dipole magnetic field model was assumed for this relatively quiet interval. Overall, the radial diffusion calculation does well in accounting for the four orders of magnitude decrease in PSD over the 2-month interval following the March 24 injection, as have similar calculations over an extended quiet interval (Selesnick et al, 1997).…”
Section: Article In Pressmentioning
confidence: 83%
“…III.2) with magnetic spectral densities in a model magnetic field. Additionally efforts to model radial diffusion (e.g., Selesnick et al, 1997;Brautigam and Albert, 2000;Li et al, 2001) can lead to average estimates of the diffusion coefficient and consequent particle transport times. From modelling diffusion for all of 1998, Barker et al (2005) characterised the electron lifetime as a function of L-shell as τ = 3(6/L) 5.3 days.…”
Section: Radial Diffusionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Radial diffusion, which occurs over a time scale of days, energizes electrons by bringing them inward from larger L shells [e.g., Schulz and Lanzerotti, 1974;Selesnick et al, 1997;Li and Temerin, 2001]. Processes that are m (magnetic moment)-breaking, such as local heating, have also been explored, for example the in situ heating of electrons by VLF waves on the same L shell [e.g., Temerin et al, 1994;Summers et al, 1998;Horne and Thorne, 1998;Meredith et al, 2001Meredith et al, , 2002Albert, 2002].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%