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 …

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 …

The interaction of ultra-low-frequency pc3-5 waves with charged particles in Earth's magnetosphere

Q Zong, R Rankin, X Zhou - Reviews of Modern Plasma Physics, 2017 - Springer
One of the most important issues in space physics is to identify the dominant processes that
transfer energy from the solar wind to energetic particle populations in Earth's inner …

Energetic electron response to ULF waves induced by interplanetary shocks in the outer radiation belt

QG Zong, XZ Zhou, YF Wang, X Li… - Journal of …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Strong interplanetary shock interactions with the Earth's magnetosphere have great impacts
on energetic particle dynamics in the magnetosphere. An interplanetary shock on 7 …

[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 …

Shock‐induced prompt relativistic electron acceleration in the inner magnetosphere

JC Foster, JR Wygant, MK Hudson… - Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract We present twin Van Allen Probes spacecraft observations of the effects of a solar
wind shock impacting the magnetosphere on 8 October 2013. The event provides details …

Three‐dimensional simulations of outer radiation belt electron dynamics including cross‐diffusion terms

F Xiao, Z Su, H Zheng, S Wang - Journal of Geophysical …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Using our recently introduced hybrid finite difference method, we develop a three‐
dimensional (3‐D) code to solve a fully bounce‐averaged pitch‐angle and energy diffusion …

Differentiating between the leading processes for electron radiation belt acceleration

S Lejosne, HJ Allison, LW Blum, AY Drozdov… - Frontiers in astronomy …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Many spacecraft fly within or through a natural and variable particle accelerator powered by
the coupling between the magnetosphere and the solar wind: the Earth's radiation belts …

Simulated magnetopause losses and Van Allen Probe flux dropouts

MK Hudson, DN Baker, J Goldstein… - Geophysical …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Three radiation belt flux dropout events seen by the Relativistic Electron Proton Telescope
soon after launch of the Van Allen Probes in 2012 (Baker et al., 2013a) have been simulated …