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How Space Sounds Create Killer Electrons | Radiation Belts & Space Weather | SSFX Space Sound FX

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Channel: Martin Archer · 2017 · Science & Technology

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SSFX (Space Sound Effects) is all about ultra-low frequency sounds in the space around the Earth... but who cares? Well it turns out YOU should, because they pose a threat to our everyday lives! More on space sounds at http://ssfx.qmul.ac.uk

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00:19 What is space weather?
00:54 Why sounds from space contribute to space weather
01:19 What are the radiation belts and how do charged particles move in them
02:34 Space sounds and Killer Electrons in the outer radiation belt
03:54 Killer electrons' effects on our satellite technology

Links for more information

SSFX
http://ssfx.qmul.ac.uk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNQjXaM87T8

Space Weather
http://spaceweather.com/
http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/space-weather/

Radiation Belts
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Allen_radiation_belt
https://www.nasa.gov/van-allen-probes

Charged particles in a Magnetic Field & Drifts
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guiding_center

Bounce motion / Magnetic mirror
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_mirror

Radiation Belt Motion
https://www-spof.gsfc.nasa.gov/Education/Iradbelt.html


SSFX is funded by a Queen Mary University of London Centre for Public Engagement Large Award, European Geosciences Union Public Engagement Grant, and an STFC Public Engagement Spark Award
Music by www.bensound.com

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