New magnetospheric results from the SAMPEX mission
- Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado (United States)
- Aerospace Corp., Los Angeles, California 90009 (United States)
- NASA/Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia 23681 (United States)
- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125 (United States)
- Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching (Germany)
- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771 (United States)
- Solar Terrestrial Environment Laboratory, Toyokawa, 442 (Japan)
Results are described from energetic particle detectors onboard the Solar, Anomalous, and Magnetospheric Particle Explorer (SAMPEX) satellite. Electron data are shown for energies {ital E}{gt}400 keV in the outer zone of electron trapping ({ital L}{approx_gt}3). The processes by which electrons are accelerated to very high energies ({ital E}{gt}1 MeV) are discussed. Data are sorted according to {ital L}-values and are compared with concurrent solar wind and geomagnetic conditions. Data from SAMPEX are also compared to GOES and UARS measurements. It is found that high-speed solar wind streams drive the acceleration and recirculation of electrons throughout the outer zone on time scales of one day (or less). Very high time resolution measurements from SAMPEX show the very sporadic nature of magnetosphere-atmosphere coupling processes. {copyright} {ital 1996 American Institute of Physics.}
- OSTI ID:
- 451658
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9408182-; ISSN 0094-243X; TRN: 97:005706
- Journal Information:
- AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 383, Issue 1; Conference: 10. Taos workshop on the earth`s trapped particle environment, Taos, NM (United States), 14-19 Aug 1994; Other Information: PBD: Jul 1996
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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