Wave-induced loss of ultra-relativistic electrons in the Van Allen radiation belts [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2016 The processes that lead to losses of highly energetic particles from Earth’s radiation belts remain poorly understood. Here the authors compare observations and models of a 2013 event to show that electromagnetic ioncyclotron waves provide the dominant ...
Yuri Y. Shprits +12 more
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Discovery and insights from DSX mission’s high-power VLF wave transmission experiments in the radiation belts [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2022 Space weather phenomena can threaten space technologies. A hazard among these is the population of relativistic electrons in the Van Allen radiation belts.
P. Song +20 more
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The Astrophysical Journal, 2009 The magnetic field of the solar corona has a large-scale dipole character, which maps into the bipolar field in the solar wind. Using standard representations of the coronal field, we show that high-energy ions can be trapped stably in these large-scale closed fields.
Hudson, H. S. +3 more
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Formation of electron radiation belts at Saturn by Z-mode wave acceleration [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2018 Radial diffusion is the only mechanism considered to accelerate trapped electrons to relativistic energies in Saturn’s magnetic field, forming radiation belts.
E. E. Woodfield +5 more
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Ganymede's Radiation Cavity and Radiation Belts
Geophysical Research Letters, 2022 While planetary radiation belts are all embedded within the low energy solar wind, Ganymede is in the unique situation of being surrounded by the energetic particles of Jupiter's magnetosphere.
P. Kollmann +6 more
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Relativistic surfatron process for Landau resonant electrons in radiation belts [PDF]
Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics, 2014 Recent theoretical studies of the nonlinear wave-particle interactions for relativistic particles have shown that Landau resonant orbits could be efficiently accelerated along the mean background magnetic field for propagation angles θ in close proximity
A. Osmane, A. M. Hamza
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What effect do substorms have on the content of the radiation belts? [PDF]
J Geophys Res Space Phys, 2016 Substorms are fundamental and dynamic processes in the magnetosphere, converting captured solar wind magnetic energy into plasma energy. These substorms have been suggested to be a key driver of energetic electron enhancements in the outer radiation ...
Forsyth C +10 more
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EVIDENCE OF THE EARTH’S INNER RADIATION BELTS DURING THE LOW SOLAR AND GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY OBTAINED WITH THE STEP-F INSTRUMENT [PDF]
Radio Physics and Radio Astronomy, 2021 Purpose: The subject of research is the spatio-temporal charged particles in the Earth’s magnetosphere outside the South Atlantic magnetic Anomaly during the 11-year cycle of solar activity minimum.
O. V. Dudnik, O. V. Yakovlev
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Radial Transport in the Earth’s Radiation Belts: Linear, Quasi-linear, and Higher-order Processes
The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 2023 Observational studies of the Earth’s radiation belts indicate that Alfvénic fluctuations in the frequency range of 2–25 mHz accelerate electrons to relativistic energies.
Adnane Osmane +4 more
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Reconstruction of the Radiation Belts for Solar Cycles 17–24 (1933–2017)
Space Weather, 2021 We present a reconstruction of the dynamics of the radiation belts from solar cycles 17 to 24 which allows us to study how radiation belt activity has varied between the different solar cycles.
A. A. Saikin +5 more
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