Particle dynamics in the Earth's radiation belts: Review of current research and open questions

JF Ripoll, SG Claudepierre… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The past decade transformed our observational understanding of energetic particle
processes in near‐Earth space. An unprecedented suite of observational systems was in …

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 …

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 …

Nonlinear wave growth theory of whistler-mode chorus and hiss emissions in the magnetosphere

Y Omura - Earth, Planets and Space, 2021 - Springer
Nonlinear processes associated with the generation process of whistler-mode chorus
emissions are summarized. The nonlinear dynamics of energetic electrons interacting with a …

The plasma wave experiment (PWE) on board the Arase (ERG) satellite

Y Kasahara, Y Kasaba, H Kojima, S Yagitani… - Earth, Planets and …, 2018 - Springer
The Exploration of energization and Radiation in Geospace (ERG) project aims to study
acceleration and loss mechanisms of relativistic electrons around the Earth. The Arase …

Geospace exploration project ERG

Y Miyoshi, I Shinohara, T Takashima, K Asamura… - Earth, Planets and …, 2018 - Springer
The Exploration of energization and Radiation in Geospace (ERG) project explores the
acceleration, transport, and loss of relativistic electrons in the radiation belts and the …

Theory and simulation of the generation of whistler‐mode chorus

Y Omura, Y Katoh, D Summers - Journal of Geophysical …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
The generation process of whistler‐mode chorus emissions is analyzed by both theory and
simulation. Driven by an assumed strong temperature anisotropy of energetic electrons, the …

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 …

Nonlinear mechanisms of lower‐band and upper‐band VLF chorus emissions in the magnetosphere

Y Omura, M Hikishima, Y Katoh… - Journal of …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
We develop a nonlinear wave growth theory of magnetospheric chorus emissions, taking
into account the spatial inhomogeneity of the static magnetic field and the plasma density …

Diffuse and pulsating aurora

Y Nishimura, MR Lessard, Y Katoh, Y Miyoshi… - Space Science …, 2020 - Springer
This chapter reviews fundamental properties and recent advances of diffuse and pulsating
aurora. Diffuse and pulsating aurora often occurs on closed field lines and involves …