Earth's Van Allen radiation belts: From discovery to the Van Allen Probes era

W Li, MK Hudson - Journal of Geophysical Research: Space …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

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 …

Relativistic electron pitch‐angle scattering by electromagnetic ion cyclotron waves during geomagnetic storms

D Summers, RM Thorne - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
During magnetic storms, relativistic electrons execute nearly circular orbits about the Earth
and traverse a spatially confined zone within the duskside plasmapause where …

Timescales for radiation belt electron acceleration and loss due to resonant wave‐particle interactions: 2. Evaluation for VLF chorus, ELF hiss, and electromagnetic ion …

D Summers, B Ni, NP Meredith - Journal of Geophysical …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Outer zone radiation belt electrons can undergo gyroresonant interaction with various
magnetospheric wave modes including whistler‐mode chorus outside the plasmasphere …

Review of radiation belt relativistic electron losses

RM Millan, RM Thorne - Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial …, 2007 - Elsevier
We present a brief review of radiation belt electron losses which are vitally important for
controlling the dynamics of the radiation belts. A historical overview of early observations is …

Resonant scattering of outer zone relativistic electrons by multiband EMIC waves and resultant electron loss time scales

B Ni, X Cao, Z Zou, C Zhou, X Gu… - Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
To improve our understanding of the role of electromagnetic ion cyclotron (EMIC) waves in
radiation belt electron dynamics, we perform a comprehensive analysis of EMIC wave …

Review of modeling of losses and sources of relativistic electrons in the outer radiation belt II: Local acceleration and loss

YY Shprits, DA Subbotin, NP Meredith… - Journal of atmospheric …, 2008 - Elsevier
This paper focuses on the modeling of local acceleration and loss processes in the outer
radiation belt. We begin by reviewing the statistical properties of waves that violate the first …

Statistical analysis of relativistic electron energies for cyclotron resonance with EMIC waves observed on CRRES

NP Meredith, RM Thorne, RB Horne… - Journal of …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Electromagnetic ion cyclotron (EMIC) waves which propagate at frequencies below the
proton gyrofrequency can undergo cyclotron resonant interactions with relativistic electrons …

Outward radial diffusion driven by losses at magnetopause

YY Shprits, RM Thorne, R Friedel… - Journal of …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Loss mechanisms responsible for the sudden depletions of the outer electron radiation belt
are examined based on observations and radial diffusion modeling, with L*‐derived …

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 …