Energetic electron precipitation driven by electromagnetic ion cyclotron waves from ELFIN's low altitude perspective

V Angelopoulos, XJ Zhang, AV Artemyev… - Space Science …, 2023 - Springer
We review comprehensive observations of electromagnetic ion cyclotron (EMIC) wave-
driven energetic electron precipitation using data collected by the energetic electron …

Space weather effects in the Earth's radiation belts

DN Baker, PJ Erickson, JF Fennell, JC Foster… - Space Science …, 2018 - Springer
The first major scientific discovery of the Space Age was that the Earth is enshrouded in
toroids, or belts, of very high-energy magnetically trapped charged particles. Early …

Electron precipitation observed by ELFIN using proton precipitation as a proxy for electromagnetic ion cyclotron (EMIC) waves

L Capannolo, W Li, Q Ma, M Qin… - Geophysical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Electromagnetic ion cyclotron (EMIC) waves can drive radiation belt depletion and Low‐
Earth Orbit satellites can detect the resulting electron and proton precipitation. The ELFIN …

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 …

The ELFIN mission

V Angelopoulos, E Tsai, L Bingley, C Shaffer… - Space science …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract The Electron Loss and Fields Investigation with a Spatio-Temporal Ambiguity-
Resolving option (ELFIN-STAR, or heretoforth simply: ELFIN) mission comprises two …

Relativistic electron precipitation by EMIC waves: Importance of nonlinear resonant effects

VS Grach, AV Artemyev, AG Demekhov… - Geophysical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Relativistic electron losses in Earth's radiation belts are usually attributed to electron
resonant scattering by electromagnetic waves. One of the most important wave modes for …

Nonresonant scattering of relativistic electrons by electromagnetic ion cyclotron waves in Earth's radiation belts

X An, A Artemyev, V Angelopoulos, X Zhang… - Physical Review Letters, 2022 - APS
Electromagnetic ion cyclotron waves are expected to pitch-angle scatter and cause
atmospheric precipitation of relativistic (> 1 MeV) electrons under typical conditions in …

Very-Low-Frequency transmitters bifurcate energetic electron belt in near-earth space

M Hua, W Li, B Ni, Q Ma, A Green, X Shen… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract Very-Low-Frequency (VLF) transmitters operate worldwide mostly at frequencies of
10–30 kilohertz for submarine communications. While it has been of intense scientific …

Understanding the mechanisms of radiation belt dropouts observed by Van Allen Probes

Z Xiang, W Tu, X Li, B Ni, SK Morley… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
To achieve a better understanding of the dominant loss mechanisms for the rapid dropouts
of radiation belt electrons, three distinct radiation belt dropout events observed by Van Allen …

Upper limit of outer radiation belt electron acceleration driven by whistler‐mode chorus waves

M Hua, J Bortnik, Q Ma - Geophysical Research Letters, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
We investigate the outer radiation belt electron energy spectra of the highest fluxes
observed during storms based on Van Allen Probes measurements, which demonstrate a …