Annales Geophysicae
Annales Geophysicae
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Articles | Volume 34, issue 2
Articles | Volume 34, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-34-249-2016
© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-34-249-2016
© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Articles | Volume 34, issue 2
Regular paper
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17 Feb 2016
Regular paper |  | 17 Feb 2016

Energetic ions scattered into the loss cone with observations of the Cluster satellite

Ying Xiong, Zhigang Yuan, and Jingfang Wang

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With observations of the Cluster spacecraft, we report in situ evidence of energetic ions scattered into the loss cone during the inbound pass from the plasma sheet into the plasmasphere. Our results suggest that energetic ions scattering into the loss cone in the central plasma sheet and the outer boundary of the plasmaspheric plume are attributed to the field line curvature scattering mechanism and EMIC wave scattering mechanism, respectively.
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