Ion transport and loss in the quiet terrestrial ring current.

摘要

We have studied the problem of ion transport and loss in the quiet terrestrial ring current, extending the energy range of the standard radial diffusion model, developed for radiation belt particles, to the ring current ions and have compared it with experimental data. We compiled a data set from all quiet days (with good local time coverage) seen by the AMPTE/CCE/CHEM instrument in near equatorial orbit at L-shells from 2-9 R