Is the Solar Wind Electron Strahl a Seed Population for the Earth’s Electron Radiation Belt?
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چکیده
1) Since the outer electron radiation belt is lost on occasion, needs seed electrons to rebuild. 2) The clear candidate for that population energetic substorm-injected in dipolar magnetosphere. 3) dipole come from suprathermal magnetotail plasma sheet, delivered by substorms. Scenario (1)–3) begs question: Where do these from? We are hypothesizing one source (perhaps dominant source) field-aligned strahl solar wind, which fresh corona.
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عنوان ژورنال: Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['2296-987X']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fspas.2022.930162