此现象普遍作为亚暴开始时刻的标志,几乎每个亚暴都可以观察到此现象的发生。
包括能量从数十到数百KeV的电子和质子等离子,尚未观测到有更低能量粒子的注入现象。(cutoff; e.g. Birn et al.,1997a)
如果所有能量的粒子同时增强,则把此注入称为无色散的注入(dispersionless injection,暂译),而这样的区域就称为注入区域(injection region,暂译),同时把此区域的内边界称为“注入边界”(injection boundary,暂译)(McIlwain, 1974; Mauk and McIlwain, 1974; Reeves et al., 1991)
一般来说,注入区域从距离地心4.3个Re(地球半径)到15个Re(Friedel et al., 1996).。
此现象易发生于午夜前,局限于一个有限的经度范围内,与亚暴电流楔(Substorm current wedge)所处区域相近。(see, e.g., the statistical results by Vagina et al., 1996).一些观测显示,电子和质子的注入区域存在沿经度方向的分离,以整个区域的中心经度为准,质子偏西,电子偏东。(Birn et al., 1997a).
在注入区域外,由于不同能量的粒子在磁场中有不同的漂移速度,因此会出现不同能量粒子的散射。除能量散射外,还观测到了投掷角散射。(Walker et al., 1978; Greenspan et al., 1985).注意通过对粒子在磁场中漂移的反演,由能量散射导致的通量增加,可估计最初注入位置的经度和发生时间。(e.g., Reeves et al., 1991; Shukhtina and Sergeev, 1991)
此现象常与本地磁场偶极化相关,尤其是无散射的注入。磁场的变化伴随着强烈的感应电场。(e.g., Aggson et al., 1983)
与其他的亚暴现象一样,此现象显示了亚暴当时的精细结构。(e.g., Belian et al., 1984)
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