Secular Magnetic Variation and the Inner Proton Belt.

Abstract

A comparison of characteristic time scales for the e-folding of proton energies suggests that the secular decrease of the geomagnetic dipole moment is a more important effect than radial diffusion over much of the inner zone. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1971
Accession Number
AD0734757

Entities

People

  • George A. Paulikas
  • Michael Schulz

Organizations

  • The Aerospace Corporation

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Dipole Moments

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Solar Physics