Space plasma physics: A review

BT Tsurutani, GP Zank, VJ Sterken… - … on Plasma Science, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Owing to the ever-present solar wind, our vast solar system is full of plasmas. The turbulent
solar wind, together with sporadic solar eruptions, introduces various space plasma …

Nonstorm time dynamics of electron radiation belts observed by the Van Allen Probes

Z Su, F Xiao, H Zheng, Z He, H Zhu… - Geophysical …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Storm time electron radiation belt dynamics have been widely investigated for many years.
Here we present a rarely reported nonstorm time event of electron radiation belt evolution …

Understanding the dynamic evolution of the relativistic electron slot region including radial and pitch angle diffusion

KC Kim, Y Shprits, D Subbotin… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
It has been suggested that the equilibrium structure of the slot region, which separates the
inner and outer radiation belts, forms as the result of a balance between inward radial …

Radiation belt slot region filling events: Sustained energetic precipitation into the mesosphere

AJ Kavanagh, N Cobbett… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Precipitation of energetic electrons to the atmosphere is both a loss mechanism for radiation
belt particles and a means by which the geospace environment influences the Earth's …

Wave‐driven gradual loss of energetic electrons in the slot region

Z He, Q Yan, Y Chu, Y Cao - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Resonant pitch angle scattering by plasmaspheric hiss has long been considered to be
responsible for the energetic electron loss in the slot region, but the detailed quantitative …

Influence of wave normal angles on hiss‐electron interaction in Earth's slot region

Y Gao, F Xiao, Q Yan, C Yang, S Liu… - Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Wave‐particle interaction which occurs in the radiation belts is generally determined by
variations in wave normal angles. Using the Gaussian wave normal angle () distribution, we …

Simultaneous event‐specific estimates of transport, loss, and source rates for relativistic outer radiation belt electrons

Q Schiller, W Tu, AF Ali, X Li… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The most significant unknown regarding relativistic electrons in Earth's outer Van Allen
radiation belt is the relative contribution of loss, transport, and acceleration processes within …

Energetic electron enhancements under the radiation belt () during a non-storm interval on 1 August 2008

AV Suvorova, AV Dmitriev… - Annales …, 2019 - angeo.copernicus.org
An unusual event of deep injections of> 30 keV electrons from the radiation belt to low L
shells (L< 1.2) in the midnight–dawn sector was found from NOAA/POES observations …