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On the Contribution of EMIC Waves to the Reconfiguration of the Relativistic Electron Butterfly Pitch Angle Distribution Shape on 2014 September 12—A Case Study

Authors: Claudia Medeiros, V. M. Souza, L. E. A. Vieira, D. G. Sibeck, A. J. Halford, S.-B. Kang, L. A. Da Silva, L. R. Alves, J. P. Marchezi, R. S. Dallaqua, P. R. Jauer, M. Rockenbach, O. Mendes, M. V. Alves, A. Dal Lago, M.-C. Fok, S. G. Kanekal, D. N. Baker, and C. A. Kletzing

2019 The Astrophysical Journal 872 36.

Provider: AAS Journals

Caption: Figure 8.

The convective potential and the electron drift paths calculated using the W2k model during 2014 September 12, in an equatorial plane, for L-shell 2–7. The three reds stars represent the L-shell positions 4, 5, and 6 at MLT = 2. The upper panels show isocontours of convective potential (kV) at (a1) 16:00 UT, (a2) 16:15 UT, (a3) 16:50 UT, and (a4) 18:00 UT. Drift paths at α_eq ∼ 86° at (b1) 16:00 UT, (b2) 16:15 UT, (b3) 16:50 UT, and (b4) 18:00 UT for μ = 789 MeV/G and k = 0.00091 ﹩{G}^{1/2}{R}_{{\rm{E}}}﹩ at L = 5. The α_eq ∼ 23° at (c1) 16:00 UT, (c2) 16:15 UT, (c3) 16:50 UT, and (c4) 18:00 UT for μ = 121 MeV/G and k = 0.72 ﹩{G}^{1/2}{R}_{{\rm{E}}}﹩ at L = 5 (see text for details).

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