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Precipitation of subrelativistic-energy electrons near the polar boundary of the Earth radiation belt according to the data of measurements on the Vernov and Lomonosov satellites

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The work is devoted to observations of sharp growths of magnetospheric electron fluxes in the vicinity of the polar boundary of the outer radiation belt of the Earth according to the data of measurements on the Vernov and Lomonosov satellites. This precipitation was observed at the high-latitude boundary of the outer radiation belt toward the equator from the isotropization boundary, and can be caused by scattering waves of various physical natures, including electromagnetic and electrostatic waves.

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  1. Skobeltsyn Research Institute of Nuclear Physics, Moscow State University, Moscow, 119991, Russia

    A. V. Bogomolov, I. N. Myagkova, V. V. Kalegaev, S. I. Svertilov, V. V. Bogomolov, M. I. Panasyuk, V. L. Petrov & I. V. Yashin

  2. Faculty of Physics, Moscow State University, Moscow, 119991, Russia

    S. I. Svertilov, V. V. Bogomolov & M. I. Panasyuk

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Bogomolov, A.V., Myagkova, I.N., Kalegaev, V.V. et al. Precipitation of subrelativistic-energy electrons near the polar boundary of the Earth radiation belt according to the data of measurements on the Vernov and Lomonosov satellites. Cosmic Res 55, 446–456 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0010952517060028

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