Earth's Van Allen radiation belts: From discovery to the Van Allen Probes era
Discovery of the Earth's Van Allen radiation belts by instruments flown on Explorer 1 in 1958
was the first major discovery of the Space Age. The observation of distinct inner and outer …
was the first major discovery of the Space Age. The observation of distinct inner and outer …
Energetic electron precipitation driven by electromagnetic ion cyclotron waves from ELFIN's low altitude perspective
V Angelopoulos, XJ Zhang, AV Artemyev… - Space Science …, 2023 - Springer
We review comprehensive observations of electromagnetic ion cyclotron (EMIC) wave-
driven energetic electron precipitation using data collected by the energetic electron …
driven energetic electron precipitation using data collected by the energetic electron …
Rapid local acceleration of relativistic radiation-belt electrons by magnetospheric chorus
Recent analysis of satellite data obtained during the 9 October 2012 geomagnetic storm
identified the development of peaks in electron phase space density, which are compelling …
identified the development of peaks in electron phase space density, which are compelling …
Source and seed populations for relativistic electrons: Their roles in radiation belt changes
Strong enhancements of outer Van Allen belt electrons have been shown to have a clear
dependence on solar wind speed and on the duration of southward interplanetary magnetic …
dependence on solar wind speed and on the duration of southward interplanetary magnetic …
Electron precipitation observed by ELFIN using proton precipitation as a proxy for electromagnetic ion cyclotron (EMIC) waves
Electromagnetic ion cyclotron (EMIC) waves can drive radiation belt depletion and Low‐
Earth Orbit satellites can detect the resulting electron and proton precipitation. The ELFIN …
Earth Orbit satellites can detect the resulting electron and proton precipitation. The ELFIN …
Radiation belt electron acceleration by chorus waves during the 17 March 2013 storm
Local acceleration driven by whistler‐mode chorus waves is fundamentally important for
accelerating seed electron populations to highly relativistic energies in the outer radiation …
accelerating seed electron populations to highly relativistic energies in the outer radiation …
Wave-driven butterfly distribution of Van Allen belt relativistic electrons
Van Allen radiation belts consist of relativistic electrons trapped by Earth's magnetic field.
Trapped electrons often drift azimuthally around Earth and display a butterfly pitch angle …
Trapped electrons often drift azimuthally around Earth and display a butterfly pitch angle …
Nonresonant scattering of relativistic electrons by electromagnetic ion cyclotron waves in Earth's radiation belts
X An, A Artemyev, V Angelopoulos, X Zhang… - Physical Review Letters, 2022 - APS
Electromagnetic ion cyclotron waves are expected to pitch-angle scatter and cause
atmospheric precipitation of relativistic (> 1 MeV) electrons under typical conditions in …
atmospheric precipitation of relativistic (> 1 MeV) electrons under typical conditions in …
Event‐specific chorus wave and electron seed population models in DREAM3D using the Van Allen Probes
W Tu, GS Cunningham, Y Chen… - Geophysical …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The DREAM3D diffusion model is applied to Van Allen Probes observations of the fast
dropout and strong enhancement of MeV electrons during the October 2012 “double‐dip” …
dropout and strong enhancement of MeV electrons during the October 2012 “double‐dip” …