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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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2020-09-01
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| Series: | Nature Communications |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18053-z |