The interaction of ultra-low-frequency pc3-5 waves with charged particles in Earth's magnetosphere

Q Zong, R Rankin, X Zhou - Reviews of Modern Plasma Physics, 2017 - Springer
One of the most important issues in space physics is to identify the dominant processes that
transfer energy from the solar wind to energetic particle populations in Earth's inner …

The ELFIN mission

V Angelopoulos, E Tsai, L Bingley, C Shaffer… - Space science …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract The Electron Loss and Fields Investigation with a Spatio-Temporal Ambiguity-
Resolving option (ELFIN-STAR, or heretoforth simply: ELFIN) mission comprises two …

Electron acceleration in the heart of the Van Allen radiation belts

GD Reeves, HE Spence, MG Henderson, SK Morley… - Science, 2013 - science.org
The Van Allen radiation belts contain ultrarelativistic electrons trapped in Earth's magnetic
field. Since their discovery in 1958, a fundamental unanswered question has been how …

What causes radiation belt enhancements: A survey of the Van Allen Probes era

AJ Boyd, DL Turner, GD Reeves… - Geophysical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
We survey radiation belt enhancement events during the Van Allen Probes era to determine
what mechanism is the dominant cause of enhancements and where it is most effective. Two …

Quantifying the radiation belt seed population in the 17 March 2013 electron acceleration event

AJ Boyd, HE Spence, SG Claudepierre… - Geophysical …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
We present phase space density (PSD) observations using data from the Magnetic Electron
Ion Spectrometer instrument on the Van Allen Probes for the 17 March 2013 electron …

On the storm‐time evolution of relativistic electron phase space density in Earth's outer radiation belt

DL Turner, V Angelopoulos, W Li… - Journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
We report on internal, magnetospheric processes related to markedly different storm‐time
responses of phase space density (PSD) in invariant coordinates corresponding to …

On the cause and extent of outer radiation belt losses during the 30 September 2012 dropout event

DL Turner, V Angelopoulos, SK Morley… - Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract On 30 September 2012, a flux “dropout” occurred throughout Earth's outer electron
radiation belt during the main phase of a strong geomagnetic storm. Using eight spacecraft …

Competing source and loss mechanisms due to wave‐particle interactions in Earth's outer radiation belt during the 30 September to 3 October 2012 geomagnetic …

DL Turner, V Angelopoulos, W Li… - Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Drastic variations of Earth's outer radiation belt electrons ultimately result from various
competing source, loss, and transport processes, to which wave‐particle interactions are …

Radial Transport in the Earth's Radiation Belts: Linear, Quasi-linear, and Higher-order Processes

A Osmane, E Kilpua, H George… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Observational studies of the Earth's radiation belts indicate that Alfvénic fluctuations in the
frequency range of 2–25 mHz accelerate electrons to relativistic energies. For decades …

Utilizing the heliophysics/geospace system observatory to understand particle injections: Their scale sizes and propagation directions

C Gabrielse, E Spanswick, A Artemyev… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The injection region's formation, scale size, and propagation direction have been debated
throughout the years, with new questions arising with increased plasma sheet observations …