Magnetotail dipolarization fronts and particle acceleration: A review

H Fu, EE Grigorenko, C Gabrielse, C Liu, S Lu… - Science China Earth …, 2020 - Springer
In this paper, the particle acceleration processes around magnetotail dipolarization fronts
(DFs) were reviewed. We summarize the spacecraft observations (including Cluster …

[HTML][HTML] The relativistic electron-proton telescope (REPT) investigation: Design, operational properties, and science highlights

DN Baker, SG Kanekal, V Hoxie, X Li, AN Jaynes… - Space science …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract The Relativistic Electron-Proton Telescope (REPT) instruments were designed to
measure∼ 2 to> 18 MeV electrons and∼ 18 to> 115 MeV protons as part of the science …

Localized excitation of electromagnetic ion cyclotron waves from anisotropic protons filtered by magnetic dips

ZF Yin, XZ Zhou, ZJ Hu, C Yue, QG Zong… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The excitation of electrostatic and/or electromagnetic waves in the plasma universe is often
associated with anisotropic velocity distributions of charged particles. In Earth's inner …

Rapid pitch angle evolution of suprathermal electrons behind dipolarization fronts

CM Liu, HS Fu, JB Cao, Y Xu, YQ Yu… - Geophysical …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The pitch angle distribution (PAD) of suprathermal electrons can have both spatial and
temporal evolution in the magnetotail and theoretically can be an indication of electron …

Ground-based and additional science support for SMILE

JA Carter, M Dunlop, C Forsyth, K Oksavik… - Earth and planetary …, 2024 - open.bu.edu
The joint European Space Agency and Chinese Academy of Sciences Solar wind
Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE) mission will explore global dynamics of …

The effect of energetic ion dispersionless injections on the ring current dynamics

Y Zhuang, C Yue, QG Zong, XZ Zhou… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Energetic particle injections, usually observed as sudden flux enhancements of charged
particles from tens to hundreds of keV, are one of the main mechanisms for ring current …

[HTML][HTML] Contrasting dynamics of electrons and protons in the near-Earth plasma sheet during dipolarization

AY Malykhin, EE Grigorenko, EA Kronberg… - Annales …, 2018 - angeo.copernicus.org
The fortunate location of Cluster and the THEMIS P3 probe in the near-Earth plasma sheet
(PS)(at X∼-7–-9 RE) allowed for the multipoint analysis of properties and spectra of electron …

Electron pitch‐angle distribution in Earth's magnetotail: Pancake, cigar, isotropy, butterfly, and rolling‐pin

CM Liu, HS Fu, YY Liu, Z Wang, G Chen… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Electron pitch‐angle distributions, including isotropy, pancake, cigar, butterfly, and recently
discovered rolling‐pin distributions, are crucial to understanding electron dynamics in the …

[HTML][HTML] Turbulent dipolarization regions in the Earth's magnetotail: ion fluxes and magnetic field changes

L Kozak, EA Kronberg, B Petrenko, A Blöcker… - Frontiers in Astronomy …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
In this work, we consider the dynamics of ion fluxes and magnetic field changes in turbulent
regions of magnetotail dipolarizations. The data from the Cluster-II mission (magnetic field …

Intense current structures observed at electron kinetic scales in the near‐Earth magnetotail during dipolarization and substorm current wedge formation

EE Grigorenko, S Dubyagin… - Geophysical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
We use data from the 2013–2014 Cluster Inner Magnetosphere Campaign, with its uniquely
small spacecraft separations (less than or equal to electron inertia length, λ e), to study …