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A Global Kinetic Model for Electron Radiation Belt Formation and Evolution

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In response to the large-scale variation in geomagnetic field, the trapped electrons experience the adiabatic transport process (conserving the three adiabatic invariants but changing the pitch-angle, energy, and drift-shell \(L\)).

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Su, Z. (2015). Adiabatic Transport. In: A Global Kinetic Model for Electron Radiation Belt Formation and Evolution. Springer Theses. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-46651-3_4

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