Earth's Van Allen radiation belts: From discovery to the Van Allen Probes era

W Li, MK Hudson - Journal of Geophysical Research: Space …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Discovery of the Earth's Van Allen radiation belts by instruments flown on Explorer 1 in 1958
was the first major discovery of the Space Age. The observation of distinct inner and outer …

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 …

Dayside transient phenomena and their impact on the magnetosphere and ionosphere

H Zhang, Q Zong, H Connor, P Delamere… - Space Science …, 2022 - Springer
Dayside transients, such as hot flow anomalies, foreshock bubbles, magnetosheath jets, flux
transfer events, and surface waves, are frequently observed upstream from the bow shock …

Van Allen Probes observation of localized drift resonance between poloidal mode ultra‐low frequency waves and 60 keV electrons

SG Claudepierre, IR Mann, K Takahashi… - Geophysical …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
We present NASA Van Allen Probes observations of wave‐particle interactions between
magnetospheric ultra‐low frequency (ULF) waves and energetic electrons (20–500 keV) on …

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 …

A review of interplanetary discontinuities and their geomagnetic effects

BT Tsurutani, GS Lakhina, OP Verkhoglyadova… - Journal of Atmospheric …, 2011 - Elsevier
Interplanetary discontinuities and their geomagnetic effects are reviewed for
magnetospheric/space weather researchers. Discontinuities are particularly useful as …

Polarization and spatial distribution features of Pc4 and Pc5 waves in the magnetosphere

AV Rubtsov, M Nosé, A Matsuoka… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Ultra‐low frequency waves interact with different particle populations all over the
magnetosphere. Some interaction mechanisms are associated with certain wave modes, but …

ULF wave driven radial diffusion during geomagnetic storms: A statistical analysis of Van Allen Probes observations

JK Sandhu, IJ Rae, JR Wygant… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The impact of radial diffusion in storm time radiation belt dynamics is well‐debated. In this
study we quantify the changes and variability in radial diffusion coefficients during …

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 …

Distribution of ULF wave power in magnetic latitude and local time using THEMIS and Arase measurements

TE Sarris, X Li, H Zhao, K Papadakis… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Ultra‐low‐frequency (ULF) waves are known to radially diffuse hundreds‐keV to
few‐MeV electrons in the magnetosphere, as the range of drift frequencies of such electrons …