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Science 25 May 1979:
Vol. 204. no. 4395, pp. 839 - 841
DOI: 10.1126/science.204.4395.839
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Power-Line Harmonic Radiation: Can It Significantly Affect the Earth's Radiation Belts?

RICHARD M. THORNE 1 and BRUCE T. TSURUTANI 2

1 Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles
2 Physics Section, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena 91103

It has been suggested that harmonic radiation from the earth's 50- and 60-hertz power transmission lines might significantly influence the distribution of electrons in the radiation belts. On the basis of observations presented here, it seems advisable to accept such a hypothesis with caution. New evidence suggests that power-line radiation does not play any major role in the nonadiabatic dynamics of radiation belt electrons.

Submitted on January 25, 1979

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