Pitch angle diffusion of trapped particles in the presence of a loss cone: Calculating the distribution of particles precipitating from the Earth's radiation belts

DOI10.1016/0021-9991(79)90049-4zbMath0413.76089OpenAlexW2113880155MaRDI QIDQ598968

G. T. Davidson

Publication date: 1979

Published in: Journal of Computational Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-9991(79)90049-4

zbMATH Keywords

trapped particlesEarth's radiation beltsfinite difference techniquesFokker-Planck diffusion equationpitch angle diffusionscattering of electrons in the atmosphere

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Magnetohydrodynamics and electrohydrodynamics (76W05)

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• Distribution function of magnetically confined electrons in a scattering atmosphere
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