Radiation belt dynamics during solar minimum

Two types of temporal variation in the radiation belts are studied using low-altitude data taken onboard the DMSP F7 satellite: those associated with the solar cycle and those associated with large magnetic storm effects. Over a three-year period from 1984 to 1987 and encompassing solar minimum, the...

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Published in:IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (USA) 1989-12, Vol.36 (6), p.2008-2014
Main Authors: Gussenhoven, M.S., Mullen, E.G., Holeman, E.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
640107 - Astrophysics & Cosmology- Planetary Phenomena
640201 - Atmospheric Physics- Auroral, Ionospheric, & Magetospheric Phenomena
BARYONS
Belts
CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS
CURRENTS
Detectors
DYNAMICS
ELECTRIC CURRENTS
ELECTRONS
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
FERMIONS
Geophysics
HADRONS
Laboratories
LEPTONS
MAGNETIC STORMS
Magnetosphere
MECHANICS
NUCLEONS
Physics
PROTONS
RADIATION BELTS
RING CURRENTS
SATELLITES
SOLAR CYCLE
Storms
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Summary:Two types of temporal variation in the radiation belts are studied using low-altitude data taken onboard the DMSP F7 satellite: those associated with the solar cycle and those associated with large magnetic storm effects. Over a three-year period from 1984 to 1987 and encompassing solar minimum, the protons in the heart of the inner belt increased at a rate of approximately 6% per hear. Over the same period, outer zone electron enhancements declined both in number and peak intensity. During the large magnetic storm of February 1986, following the period of peak ring current intensity, a second proton belt with energies up to 50 MeV was found at magnetic latitudes between 45 degrees and 55 degrees . The belt lasted for more than 100 days. The slot region between the inner and outer electron belts collapsed by the merging of the two populations and did not reform for 40 days.< >
ISSN:0018-9499
1558-1578
DOI:10.1109/23.45398