Once the transfer of energy from the solar wind abates, the flow of plasma into the inner magnetosphere slows, and ions are lost from the ring current more rapidly than new ones arrive.

• 一旦从太阳风传来的能量趋缓，进入磁层内部的电浆流就变慢，这时在环电流中，离子的流失远比补充进来的快。