CORRELATION-MODULATED CHAOTIC SCATTERING IN THE EARTHS MAGNETOSPHERE

被引：33
作者：
BUCHNER, J
机构：
[1] Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles
来源：
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS | 1991年 / 18卷 / 08期
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D O I：
10.1029/91GL01905
中图分类号：
P [天文学、地球科学];
学科分类号：
07 ;
摘要：
We show that due to correlations between subsequent separatrix traversals the chaotic scattering of thermal ions and energetic electrons in the plasma sheet of the Earth's magnetotail is modulated, oscillating in dependence on the strength of the magnetic field inhomogeneity and particle energy. Correlation-modulated chaotic scattering creates non-Maxwellian features of the magnetotail ion distribution both in the CPS and the PSBL. It also causes an oscillating latitudinal variation of the auroral ion precipitation.
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页码：1595 / 1598
页数：4
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