Origins of the Earth's diffuse auroral precipitation

B Ni, RM Thorne, X Zhang, J Bortnik, Z Pu, L Xie… - Space Science …, 2016 - Springer
The Earth's diffuse auroral precipitation provides the major source of energy input into the
nightside upper atmosphere and acts as an essential linkage of the magnetosphere …

Theoretical and numerical studies of chorus waves: A review

X Tao, F Zonca, L Chen, Y Wu - Science China Earth Sciences, 2020 - Springer
Theoretical and numerical models of chorus waves are reviewed in this paper. Specifically,
we focus on the nonlinear wave particle interactions and the current understanding of the …

Resonant scattering of plasma sheet electrons leading to diffuse auroral precipitation: 2. Evaluation for whistler mode chorus waves

B Ni, RM Thorne, NP Meredith… - Journal of …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Using the statistical wave power spectral profiles obtained from CRRES wave data within
the 0000–0600 MLT sector under different levels of geomagnetic activity and a modeled …

THEMIS analysis of observed equatorial electron distributions responsible for the chorus excitation

W Li, RM Thorne, Y Nishimura, J Bortnik… - Journal of …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
A statistical survey of plasma densities and electron distributions (0.5–100 keV) is performed
using data obtained from the Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions During …

Electron dynamics in a chorus wave field generated from particle‐in‐cell simulations

Z An, Y Wu, X Tao - Geophysical Research Letters, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
How to properly describe resonant interactions between electrons and quasi‐coherent
chorus waves is still an open question. Previous studies have progressed from modeling …

Three‐dimensional simulations of outer radiation belt electron dynamics including cross‐diffusion terms

F Xiao, Z Su, H Zheng, S Wang - Journal of Geophysical …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Using our recently introduced hybrid finite difference method, we develop a three‐
dimensional (3‐D) code to solve a fully bounce‐averaged pitch‐angle and energy diffusion …

Global distributions of suprathermal electrons observed on THEMIS and potential mechanisms for access into the plasmasphere

W Li, RM Thorne, J Bortnik, Y Nishimura… - Journal of …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Statistical results on the global distribution of suprathermal electron (0.1–10 keV) fluxes are
shown both outside and inside the plasmasphere separately, using electron data from …

STEERB: A three‐dimensional code for storm‐time evolution of electron radiation belt

Z Su, F Xiao, H Zheng, S Wang - Journal of Geophysical …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
We present a three‐dimensional code (storm‐time evolution of electron radiation belt,
STEERB) for the storm‐time evolution of electron radiation belt following the preceding work …

Evolution of electron pitch angle distributions following injection from the plasma sheet

X Tao, RM Thorne, W Li, B Ni… - Journal of …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The temporal evolution of the phase space density of plasma sheet electrons (100 eV–30
keV) injected into the nightside at L= 6 during moderate geomagnetic activity is investigated …

Nonlinear wave growth analysis of chorus emissions modulated by ULF waves

L Li, Y Omura, XZ Zhou, QG Zong… - Geophysical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract We present Van Allen Probes observations of periodic chorus wave emissions in
the troughs of compressional ultralow frequency (ULF) waves. During this event, the spectral …