Earth’s Radiation Belts’ Reaction to Injection of Electrons Visualized

Wednesday, March 15, 2017 - 13:32 in Physics & Chemistry

A geomagnetic storm injected electrons into the radiation belts in June 2015. The Magnetic Electron and Ion Spectrometer (MagEIS) instrument aboard NASA’s Van Allen Probes gave scientists a new perspective on the belt’s reaction.

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