Empirically Estimated Electron Lifetimes in the Earth's Radiation Belts: Van Allen Probe Observations.

decay lifetime loss pitch angle diffusion radiation belt wave particle interaction

Journal

Geophysical research letters
ISSN: 0094-8276
Titre abrégé: Geophys Res Lett
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 9882887

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
16 Feb 2020
Historique:
received: 31 10 2019
revised: 18 12 2019
accepted: 20 12 2019
entrez: 28 7 2020
pubmed: 28 7 2020
medline: 28 7 2020
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

We use measurements from NASA's Van Allen Probes to calculate the decay time constants for electrons over a wide range of energies (30 keV to 4 MeV) and

Identifiants

pubmed: 32713975
doi: 10.1029/2019GL086053
pii: GRL60067
pmc: PMC7375131
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

e2019GL086053

Informations de copyright

©2020. The Authors.

Références

J Geophys Res Space Phys. 2019 Feb;124(2):934-951
pubmed: 31008007

Auteurs

S G Claudepierre (SG)

Space Sciences Department The Aerospace Corporation El Segundo CA USA.
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences University of California Los Angeles CA USA.

Q Ma (Q)

Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences University of California Los Angeles CA USA.
Center for Space Physics Boston University Boston MA USA.

J Bortnik (J)

Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences University of California Los Angeles CA USA.

T P O'Brien (TP)

Space Sciences Department The Aerospace Corporation El Segundo CA USA.

J F Fennell (JF)

Space Sciences Department The Aerospace Corporation El Segundo CA USA.

J B Blake (JB)

Space Sciences Department The Aerospace Corporation El Segundo CA USA.

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