Competing source and loss mechanisms due to wave-particle interactions in Earth’s outer radiation belt during the 30 September to 3 October 2012 geomagnetic storm [PDF]
Drastic variations of Earth’s outer radiation belt electrons ultimately result from various competing source, loss, and transport processes, to which wave-particle interactions are critically important.
Angelopoulos, V. +19 more
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Reconstruction of the Radiation Belts for Solar Cycles 17–24 (1933–2017)
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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Science Goals and Overview of the Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP) Energetic Particle, Composition, and Thermal Plasma (ECT) Suite on NASA’s Van Allen Probes Mission [PDF]
The Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP)-Energetic Particle, Composition, and Thermal Plasma (ECT) suite contains an innovative complement of particle instruments to ensure the highest quality measurements ever made in the inner magnetosphere and radiation
Baker, D. N. +11 more
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Prompt energization of relativistic and highly relativistic electrons during a substorm interval: Van Allen Probes observations [PDF]
On 17 March 2013, a large magnetic storm significantly depleted the multi-MeV radiation belt. We present multi-instrument observations from the Van Allen Probes spacecraft Radiation Belt Storm Probe A and Radiation Belt Storm Probe B at ~6 Re in the ...
Baker +30 more
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Event-specific chorus wave and electron seed population models in DREAM3D using the Van Allen Probes [PDF]
The DREAM3D diffusion model is applied to Van Allen Probes observations of the fast dropout and strong enhancement of MeV electrons during the October 2012 double-dip storm. We show that in order to explain the very different behavior in the two dips,
Agapitov +43 more
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We present an observation of rapid flux depressions in relativistic electrons, which is referred to as “EMIC‐induced drifting electron holes (EDEHs).” The Arase, Van Allen Probes, and THEMIS detected simultaneously electron flux fluctuations.
S. Nakamura +16 more
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During July to October of 2019, a sequence of isolated Corotating Interaction Regions (CIRs) impacted the magnetosphere, for four consecutive solar rotations, without any interposed Interplanetary Coronal Mass Ejections.
Afroditi Nasi +15 more
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Near-Earth injection of MeV electrons associated with intense dipolarization electric fields: Van Allen Probes observations. [PDF]
Substorms generally inject tens to hundreds of keV electrons, but intense substorm electric fields have been shown to inject MeV electrons as well. An intriguing question is whether such MeVelectron injections can populate the outer radiation belt.
Angelopoulos, Vassilis +24 more
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The 600 keV electron injections in the Earth’s outer radiation belt: A statistical study
Relativistic electron injections are one of the mechanisms of relativistic (≥0.5 MeV) electron enhancements in the Earth’s outer radiation belt. In this study, we present a statistical observation of 600 keV electron injections in the outer radiation ...
ChaoLing Tang +4 more
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Intense duskside lower band chorus waves observed by Van Allen Probes: Generation and potential acceleration effect on radiation belt electrons [PDF]
Local acceleration driven by whistler mode chorus waves largely accounts for the enhancement of radiation belt relativistic electron fluxes, whose favored region is usually considered to be the plasmatrough with magnetic local time approximately from ...
Baker, D. N. +20 more
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