Modelling Energetic Electrons by a Kappa-Loss-Cone Distribution at Geostationary Orbit
XIAO Fu-Liang1,2, ZHOU Qing-Hua1, HE Hui-Yong1
1School of Physics and Electronic Sciences, Changsha University of Science and Technology, Changsha 4100762State Key Laboratory of Space Weather, Center for Space Science andApplied Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080
Modelling Energetic Electrons by a Kappa-Loss-Cone Distribution at Geostationary Orbit
XIAO Fu-Liang1,2;ZHOU Qing-Hua1;HE Hui-Yong1
1School of Physics and Electronic Sciences, Changsha University of Science and Technology, Changsha 4100762State Key Laboratory of Space Weather, Center for Space Science andApplied Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080
摘要We adopt a recently developed relativistic kappa-loss-cone (KLC) distribution to model energetic electrons energy spectra observed at the geostationary orbit in the storm of 3--4 November 1993. The KLC distribution is found to fit well with the observed data from four satellites during different universal times. This suggests that the electron flux obeys the power-law not only at the lower energies but also at the relativistic energies, and the KLC distribution may provide a better understanding of environments in those space plasmas where relativistic electrons are present.
Abstract:We adopt a recently developed relativistic kappa-loss-cone (KLC) distribution to model energetic electrons energy spectra observed at the geostationary orbit in the storm of 3--4 November 1993. The KLC distribution is found to fit well with the observed data from four satellites during different universal times. This suggests that the electron flux obeys the power-law not only at the lower energies but also at the relativistic energies, and the KLC distribution may provide a better understanding of environments in those space plasmas where relativistic electrons are present.
(Observation and data reduction techniques; computer modeling and simulation)
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XIAO Fu-Liang;ZHOU Qing-Hua;HE Hui-Yong. Modelling Energetic Electrons by a Kappa-Loss-Cone Distribution at Geostationary Orbit[J]. 中国物理快报, 2007, 24(7): 2006-2009.
XIAO Fu-Liang, ZHOU Qing-Hua, HE Hui-Yong. Modelling Energetic Electrons by a Kappa-Loss-Cone Distribution at Geostationary Orbit. Chin. Phys. Lett., 2007, 24(7): 2006-2009.
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