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 …

Rapid local acceleration of relativistic radiation-belt electrons by magnetospheric chorus

RM Thorne, W Li, B Ni, Q Ma, J Bortnik, L Chen… - Nature, 2013 - nature.com
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 …

Wave–particle interactions in the Earth's magnetosphere

RM Thorne, J Bortnik, W Li, Q Ma - Magnetospheres in the solar …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Earth's radiation belt electrons exhibit pronounced dynamic variability in response to solar
activity and resultant changes in the solar wind. The nonadiabatic variability of radiation belt …

Radiation belt dynamics: The importance of wave‐particle interactions

RM Thorne - Geophysical Research Letters, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The flux of energetic electrons in the Earth's outer radiation belt can vary by several orders of
magnitude over time scales less than a day, in response to changes in properties of the …

Scattering by chorus waves as the dominant cause of diffuse auroral precipitation

RM Thorne, B Ni, X Tao, RB Horne, NP Meredith - Nature, 2010 - nature.com
Earth's diffuse aurora occurs over a broad latitude range and is primarily caused by the
precipitation of low-energy (0.1–30-keV) electrons originating in the central plasma sheet …

Global model of lower band and upper band chorus from multiple satellite observations

NP Meredith, RB Horne, A Sicard‐Piet… - Journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Gyroresonant wave particle interactions with whistler mode chorus play a fundamental role
in the dynamics of the Earth's radiation belts and inner magnetosphere, affecting both the …

Global distribution of wave amplitudes and wave normal angles of chorus waves using THEMIS wave observations

W Li, J Bortnik, RM Thorne… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The global distribution of chorus wave amplitudes and their wave normal angles is
investigated using high‐resolution wave spectra and waveform data from THEMIS for lower …

Characteristics of electron microburst precipitation based on high‐resolution ELFIN measurements

XJ Zhang, V Angelopoulos, D Mourenas… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
We present statistical characteristics of electron microburst precipitation using high time‐
resolution measurements from the low‐altitude Electron Losses and Fields InvestigatioN …

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 …

Global Model of Whistler Mode Chorus in the Near‐Equatorial Region (|λm|<  18°)

NP Meredith, RB Horne, XC Shen… - Geophysical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
We extend our database of whistler mode chorus, based on data from seven satellites, by
including∼ 3 years of data from Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP)‐A and RBSP‐B and …