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Paleomagnetospheric radial diffusion
Author(s) -
Schulz Michael
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/gl002i005p00173
Subject(s) - magnetosphere , physics , adiabatic invariant , earth's magnetic field , plasmasphere , magnitude (astronomy) , diffusion , ring current , perturbation (astronomy) , dipole , adiabatic process , magnetic dipole , van allen radiation belt , atomic physics , computational physics , magnetic field , astrophysics , thermodynamics , quantum mechanics
Temporal variations of the geomagnetic dipole moment (M e ) are found to modulate the radial‐diffusion coefficient (D ΦΦ ) of geomagnetically trapped particles (Φ = third adiabatic invariant). Acceptable models of this effect suggest that D ΦΦ ⧜ M e p , with 5