Effects of energy and pitch angle mixed diffusion on radiation belt electrons

Understanding the dynamics of the Earth’s radiation belts is important for modeling and forecasting the intensities of energetic electrons in space. Wave diffusion processes are known to be responsible for loss and acceleration of electrons in the radiation belts. Several recent studies indicate pitch angle and energy mixed-diffusion are also important when considering the total diffusive effects. In this study, a two-dimensional Fokker Planck equation is solved numerically using the Alternating Direction Implicit method. Mixed diffusion due to whistler-mode chorus waves tends to slow down the total diffusion in the energy-pitch angle space, particularly at smaller equatorial pitch angles. We then incorporate the electron energy and pitch angle mixed diffusions due to whistler-model chorus waves into the 4-dimensional Radiation Belt Environment (RBE) model and study the effect of mixed diffusion during a storm in October 2002. The 4-D simulation results show that energy and pitch angle mixed diffusion decrease the electron fluxes in the outer belt while electron fluxes in the slot region are enhanced (up to a factor of 2) during storm time.     

遗传算法反演地球等离子体层离子密度分布

本文介绍了采用一维遗传算法从地球等离子体层极紫外图像反演地球等离子体层He⁺密度的原理.首先采用通量管近似和磁偶极近似将三维问题转化为一维问题.通过引入权矩阵,将极紫外光强积分离散为求和函数,再采用一维实数编码遗传算法反演得到磁赤道面等离子体层He⁺密度,最后通过磁力线追迹得到三维密度分布.算法采用动态全球核心等离子体模式模拟的密度和光强分布作为初始输入参数,并通过遗传算法得到相应密度分布.反演结果表明,等离子体层密度相对误差在8%以内,光强相对误差趋于0,算法有效可行.本文研究为中国探月二期工程中月基极紫外图像反演奠定了基础.