The electric and magnetic field instrument suite and integrated science (EMFISIS) on RBSP

CA Kletzing, WS Kurth, M Acuna, RJ MacDowall… - Space Science …, 2013 - Springer
Abstract The Electric and Magnetic Field Instrument and Integrated Science (EMFISIS)
investigation on the NASA Radiation Belt Storm Probes (now named the Van Allen Probes) …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Resonant scattering of outer zone relativistic electrons by multiband EMIC waves and resultant electron loss time scales

B Ni, X Cao, Z Zou, C Zhou, X Gu… - Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
To improve our understanding of the role of electromagnetic ion cyclotron (EMIC) waves in
radiation belt electron dynamics, we perform a comprehensive analysis of EMIC wave …

Review of modeling of losses and sources of relativistic electrons in the outer radiation belt II: Local acceleration and loss

YY Shprits, DA Subbotin, NP Meredith… - Journal of atmospheric …, 2008 - Elsevier
This paper focuses on the modeling of local acceleration and loss processes in the outer
radiation belt. We begin by reviewing the statistical properties of waves that violate the first …

Identifying the driver of pulsating aurora

Y Nishimura, J Bortnik, W Li, RM Thorne, LR Lyons… - Science, 2010 - science.org
Pulsating aurora, a spectacular emission that appears as blinking of the upper atmosphere
in the polar regions, is known to be excited by modulated, downward-streaming electrons …

Radiation belt electron acceleration by chorus waves during the 17 March 2013 storm

W Li, RM Thorne, Q Ma, B Ni, J Bortnik… - Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Local acceleration driven by whistler‐mode chorus waves is fundamentally important for
accelerating seed electron populations to highly relativistic energies in the outer radiation …

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 …