Abstract
Quasi-Linear Pitch Angle Diffusion Coefficients: Retaining High Harmonics
Center for Electromagnetics Research, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts
Diffusion coefficients for electrons pitch angle scattered by plasmaspheric hiss are reconsidered, as given by quasi-linear theory, overcoming practical problems in keeping high cyclotron harmonics n. Upper bounds are used to identify ranges of latitude, n, and wave-normal angle which give only negligible contributions, so that the detailed computation of these values may be avoided, resulting in large savings of computational effort. A simple way of obtaining precipitation lifetimes from the diffusion coefficients is also given, using a shooting method. The lifetimes and steady state fluxes are computed, leading to shorter lifetimes and lower fluxes than previously reported, for energies above 500 keV and McIlwain parameter L greater than 3.
Received 29 March 1994; accepted 2 September 1994; .
Citation: (1994), Quasi-Linear Pitch Angle Diffusion Coefficients: Retaining High Harmonics, J. Geophys. Res., 99(A12), 23,741–23,745.
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