Local heating of radiation belt electrons to ultra-relativistic energies

Electrons in the Van Allen radiation belts can have energies in excess of 7 MeV, however, the energization mechanism is debated. Here, the authors show phase space density peaks in magnetic coordinate space as a way of analyzing satellite observations which demonstrates that local acceleration is ca...

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Autores principales: Hayley J. Allison, Yuri Y. Shprits
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Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/f3de26d3fe1d4e1380b93da7f8261ca8
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Sumario:Electrons in the Van Allen radiation belts can have energies in excess of 7 MeV, however, the energization mechanism is debated. Here, the authors show phase space density peaks in magnetic coordinate space as a way of analyzing satellite observations which demonstrates that local acceleration is capable of heating electrons up to 7 MeV.