Modeling of low-altitude quasi-trapped proton fluxes at the equatorial inner magnetosphere

AUTOR(ES)

Gusev, A.A., Pugacheva, G.I., Jayanthi, U.B., Schuch, N.

FONTE

Brazilian Journal of Physics

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2003-12

RESUMO

A secondary proton radiation belt can be observed in the equatorial region between the upper atmosphere and the interior edge of the main radiation belt. It is thought that the protons appear there in a result of ionization of energetic neutral hydrogen atoms coming from the internal area of the traditional radiation belt where they were born in charge exchange collisions of the trapped protons with the cold hydrogen of the gecorona. The process of formation of this secondary belt is numerically simulated in this paper assuming this charge exchange-re-ionization mechanism. Standard models of the trapped radiation, of the atmosphere and geocorona were used to simulate the source and the exospheric media. Experimental data were used for charge transfer cross sections. Result of simulation agrees very good with the experimental observation.

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