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AN: SM33C-03    [Abstracts]
TI: In situ observation of radiation belt particle response to an interplanetary shock
AU: * Zong, Q
EM: qiugang_zong@uml.edu
AF: UMass Lowell, 600 Suffolk Street University of Massachusetts Lowell, MA 01854-3629, Lowell, MA 01854, United States
AU: Zhou, X
EM: xuzhi_zhou@uml.edu
AF: UMass Lowell, 600 Suffolk Street University of Massachusetts Lowell, MA 01854-3629, Lowell, MA 01854, United States
AU: Song, P
AF: UMass Lowell, 600 Suffolk Street University of Massachusetts Lowell, MA 01854-3629, Lowell, MA 01854, United States
AU: Li, X
AF: University of Colorado at Boulder, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics 1234 Innovation Drive Boulder, Colorado 80303-7814, Boulder, Co 80303, United States
AU: Baker, D
AF: University of Colorado at Boulder, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics 1234 Innovation Drive Boulder, Colorado 80303-7814, Boulder, Co 80303, United States
AU: Fritz, T
AF: Boston University, 725 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, United States
AB: Interplanetary shock is one of the most powerful drivers of magnetic storms which often result in strong energetic particles enhancements and the Van Allen radiation belt compression in the magnetosphere. The elevated fluxes of the energetic particles have been proven to be number one threat to space technological systems. How these particles are accelerated is an important and active research subject in space physics. In this study we show that after an interplanetary shock impact on the magnetosphere, the acceleration of the energetic electrons started nearly immediately in the radiation belt and lasted a few hours.
DE: 2700 MAGNETOSPHERIC PHYSICS (6939)
DE: 2740 Magnetospheric configuration and dynamics
DE: 2772 Plasma waves and instabilities (2471)
DE: 2784 Solar wind/magnetosphere interactions
SC: SPA-Magnetospheric Physics [SM]
MN: 2007 Fall Meeting