Survey of trapped plasmas at the earth's magnetic equator

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dc.contributor.advisorOlsen, Richard Christopher
dc.contributor.authorBraccio, Peter G.
dc.contributor.corporateNaval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Physics
dc.contributor.secondreaderGnanalingham, S.
dc.dateDecember 1991
dc.date.accessioned2013-02-15T23:34:11Z
dc.date.available2013-02-15T23:34:11Z
dc.date.issued1991-12
dc.description.abstractAnalysis of data from the HPCE experiment on the AMPTEACCE satellite established probability distributions for trapped ions and electrons. Trapped 150 eV electrons occurred primarily in the dawn to noon local time sector, centered at L= 6. Trapped 50-150 eV ion distributions show strong L versus local time dependence, but are primarily found on the dayside (the dusk sector was not sampled for ions in this survey.) This local time dependence appears to reflect the L versus local time dependence of the plasmapause. The regions of peak occurrence probability for trapped ions were mutually exclusive with the high probability regions of trapped electrons. This offset in the location of trapped plasma species was seen frequently on a daily basis as well as in the statistical survey.en_US
dc.description.distributionstatementApproved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
dc.description.serviceLieutenant, United States Navyen_US
dc.description.urihttp://archive.org/details/surveyoftrappedp1094528584
dc.format.extent80 p.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10945/28584
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherMonterey, California. Naval Postgraduate Schoolen_US
dc.rightsThis publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.en_US
dc.subject.authorEquatorially trapped plasmaen_US
dc.subject.authorPlasmapauseen_US
dc.subject.authorAMPTEen_US
dc.subject.authorIon distributionen_US
dc.subject.authorElectrons distributionsen_US
dc.subject.authorSurvey of low energy trapped particlesen_US
dc.titleSurvey of trapped plasmas at the earth's magnetic equatoren_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dspace.entity.typePublication
etd.thesisdegree.disciplinePhysicsen_US
etd.thesisdegree.grantorNaval Postgraduate Schoolen_US
etd.thesisdegree.levelMastersen_US
etd.thesisdegree.nameM.S. in Physicsen_US
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