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 …

Oblique whistler-mode waves in the Earth's inner magnetosphere: Energy distribution, origins, and role in radiation belt dynamics

A Artemyev, O Agapitov, D Mourenas… - Space Science …, 2016 - Springer
In this paper we review recent spacecraft observations of oblique whistler-mode waves in
the Earth's inner magnetosphere as well as the various consequences of the presence of …

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 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 …

Global model of lower band and upper band chorus from multiple satellite observations

NP Meredith, RB Horne, A Sicard‐Piet… - Journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Gyroresonant wave particle interactions with whistler mode chorus play a fundamental role
in the dynamics of the Earth's radiation belts and inner magnetosphere, affecting both the …

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 …

Statistical properties of plasmaspheric hiss derived from Van Allen Probes data and their effects on radiation belt electron dynamics

W Li, Q Ma, RM Thorne, J Bortnik… - Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Plasmaspheric hiss is known to play an important role in controlling the overall structure and
dynamics of radiation belt electrons inside the plasmasphere. Using newly available Van …

Three‐dimensional electron radiation belt simulations using the BAS Radiation Belt Model with new diffusion models for chorus, plasmaspheric hiss, and lightning …

SA Glauert, RB Horne… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The flux of relativistic electrons in the Earth's radiation belts is highly variable and can
change by orders of magnitude on timescales of a few hours. Understanding the drivers for …

Statistics of whistler mode waves in the outer radiation belt: Cluster STAFF‐SA measurements

O Agapitov, A Artemyev… - Journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
ELF/VLF waves play a crucial role in the dynamics of the radiation belts and are partly
responsible for the main losses and the acceleration of energetic electrons. Modeling wave …

Synthetic empirical chorus wave model from combined Van Allen Probes and Cluster statistics

OV Agapitov, D Mourenas, AV Artemyev… - Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Chorus waves are among the most important natural electromagnetic emissions in the
magnetosphere as regards to their potential effects on electron dynamics. They can …