Highly relativistic radiation belt electron acceleration, transport, and loss: Large solar storm events of March and June 2015

被引：96

作者：

Baker, D. N. ^{[1
]}

Jaynes, A. N. ^{[1
]}

Kanekal, S. G. ^{[2
]}

Foster, J. C. ^{[3
]}

Erickson, P. J. ^{[3
]}

Fennell, J. F. ^{[4
]}

Blake, J. B. ^{[4
]}

Zhao, H. ^{[1
]}

Li, X. ^{[1
]}

Elkington, S. R. ^{[1
]}

Henderson, M. G. ^{[5
]}

Reeves, G. D. ^{[5
]}

Spence, H. E. ^{[6
]}

Kletzing, C. A. ^{[7
]}

Wygant, J. R. ^{[8
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Colorado Boulder, Lab Atmospher & Space Phys, Boulder, CO 80309 USA

[2] NASA, Goddard Space Flight Ctr, Greenbelt, MD USA

[3] MIT, Haystack Observ, Westford, MA 01886 USA

[4] Aerosp Corp, POB 92957, Los Angeles, CA 90009 USA

[5] Los Alamos Natl Lab, Los Alamos, NM USA

[6] Univ New Hampshire, Inst Study Earth Oceans & Space, Durham, NH 03824 USA

[7] Univ Iowa, Dept Phys & Astron, Iowa City, IA 52242 USA

[8] Univ Minnesota, Dept Phys & Astron, Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA

来源：

JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SPACE PHYSICS | 2016年 / 121卷 / 07期

关键词：

radiation belts; magnetosphere; electron acceleration; ULTRARELATIVISTIC ELECTRONS; PROMPT ENERGIZATION; DIFFUSION; RING;

D O I：

10.1002/2016JA022502

中图分类号：

P1 [天文学];

学科分类号：

0704 ;

摘要：

Two of the largest geomagnetic storms of the last decade were witnessed in 2015. On 17 March 2015, a coronal mass ejection-driven event occurred with a Dst (storm time ring current index) value reaching -223nT. On 22 June 2015 another strong storm (Dst reaching -204nT) was recorded. These two storms each produced almost total loss of radiation belt high-energy (E1MeV) electron fluxes. Following the dropouts of radiation belt fluxes there were complex and rather remarkable recoveries of the electrons extending up to nearly 10MeV in kinetic energy. The energized outer zone electrons showed a rich variety of pitch angle features including strong butterfly distributions with deep minima in flux at =90 degrees. However, despite strong driving of outer zone earthward radial diffusion in these storms, the previously reported impenetrable barrier at L approximate to 2.8 was pushed inward, but not significantly breached, and no E2.0MeV electrons were seen to pass through the radiation belt slot region to reach the inner Van Allen zone. Overall, these intense storms show a wealth of novel features of acceleration, transport, and loss that are demonstrated in the present detailed analysis.

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