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PITCH-ANGLE SCATTERING OF ENERGETIC PARTICLES IN THE CURRENT SHEET OF THE MAGNETOSPHERIC TAIL AND STATIONARY DISTRIBUTION-FUNCTIONS. / TSYGANENKO, NA.

In: Planetary and Space Science, Vol. 30, No. 5, 1982, p. 433-437.

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TSYGANENKO, NA 1982, 'PITCH-ANGLE SCATTERING OF ENERGETIC PARTICLES IN THE CURRENT SHEET OF THE MAGNETOSPHERIC TAIL AND STATIONARY DISTRIBUTION-FUNCTIONS', Planetary and Space Science, vol. 30, no. 5, pp. 433-437. https://doi.org/10.1016/0032-0633(82)90052-6

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TSYGANENKO, NA. (1982). PITCH-ANGLE SCATTERING OF ENERGETIC PARTICLES IN THE CURRENT SHEET OF THE MAGNETOSPHERIC TAIL AND STATIONARY DISTRIBUTION-FUNCTIONS. Planetary and Space Science, 30(5), 433-437. https://doi.org/10.1016/0032-0633(82)90052-6

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TSYGANENKO NA. PITCH-ANGLE SCATTERING OF ENERGETIC PARTICLES IN THE CURRENT SHEET OF THE MAGNETOSPHERIC TAIL AND STATIONARY DISTRIBUTION-FUNCTIONS. Planetary and Space Science. 1982;30(5):433-437. https://doi.org/10.1016/0032-0633(82)90052-6

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TSYGANENKO, NA. / PITCH-ANGLE SCATTERING OF ENERGETIC PARTICLES IN THE CURRENT SHEET OF THE MAGNETOSPHERIC TAIL AND STATIONARY DISTRIBUTION-FUNCTIONS. In: Planetary and Space Science. 1982 ; Vol. 30, No. 5. pp. 433-437.

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title = "PITCH-ANGLE SCATTERING OF ENERGETIC PARTICLES IN THE CURRENT SHEET OF THE MAGNETOSPHERIC TAIL AND STATIONARY DISTRIBUTION-FUNCTIONS",
abstract = "An investigation of pitch-angle scattering of energetic particles in magnetic field configurations with a current sheet similar to that observed in the geomagnetotail has been performed. The magnetic field model is specified by two parameters which are the current sheet thickness in units of particle gyroradius and the angle between the magnetic field lines and the sheet plane. Computations of a considerable number of trajectories (about 20,000 for each model case) has provided the possibility of obtaining the matrix of pitch-angle scattering and the corresponding kernel function of the integral equation for the stationary particle distribution function. Solution of this equation shows that isotropic distributions are formed only in the case of a sufficiently thick current sheet. Particle scattering in a thin field reversal region leads to the formation of an anisotropic stationary distribution. The results can be used for interpretation of the data on the spatial distribution of energetic particle fluxes in the near part of the magnetospheric tail and in the vicinity of the outer boundary of the radiation belt.",
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N2 - An investigation of pitch-angle scattering of energetic particles in magnetic field configurations with a current sheet similar to that observed in the geomagnetotail has been performed. The magnetic field model is specified by two parameters which are the current sheet thickness in units of particle gyroradius and the angle between the magnetic field lines and the sheet plane. Computations of a considerable number of trajectories (about 20,000 for each model case) has provided the possibility of obtaining the matrix of pitch-angle scattering and the corresponding kernel function of the integral equation for the stationary particle distribution function. Solution of this equation shows that isotropic distributions are formed only in the case of a sufficiently thick current sheet. Particle scattering in a thin field reversal region leads to the formation of an anisotropic stationary distribution. The results can be used for interpretation of the data on the spatial distribution of energetic particle fluxes in the near part of the magnetospheric tail and in the vicinity of the outer boundary of the radiation belt.

AB - An investigation of pitch-angle scattering of energetic particles in magnetic field configurations with a current sheet similar to that observed in the geomagnetotail has been performed. The magnetic field model is specified by two parameters which are the current sheet thickness in units of particle gyroradius and the angle between the magnetic field lines and the sheet plane. Computations of a considerable number of trajectories (about 20,000 for each model case) has provided the possibility of obtaining the matrix of pitch-angle scattering and the corresponding kernel function of the integral equation for the stationary particle distribution function. Solution of this equation shows that isotropic distributions are formed only in the case of a sufficiently thick current sheet. Particle scattering in a thin field reversal region leads to the formation of an anisotropic stationary distribution. The results can be used for interpretation of the data on the spatial distribution of energetic particle fluxes in the near part of the magnetospheric tail and in the vicinity of the outer boundary of the radiation belt.

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