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) …

Science goals and overview of the radiation belt storm probes (RBSP) energetic particle, composition, and thermal plasma (ECT) suite on NASA's Van Allen probes …

HE Spence, GD Reeves, DN Baker, JB Blake… - Space Science …, 2013 - Springer
Abstract The Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP)-Energetic Particle, Composition, and
Thermal Plasma (ECT) suite contains an innovative complement of particle instruments to …

Science objectives and rationale for the radiation belt storm probes mission

BH Mauk, NJ Fox, SG Kanekal, RL Kessel… - The van Allen probes …, 2014 - Springer
Abstract The NASA Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP) mission addresses how
populations of high energy charged particles are created, vary, and evolve in space …

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 …

Electron acceleration in the heart of the Van Allen radiation belts

GD Reeves, HE Spence, MG Henderson, SK Morley… - Science, 2013 - science.org
The Van Allen radiation belts contain ultrarelativistic electrons trapped in Earth's magnetic
field. Since their discovery in 1958, a fundamental unanswered question has been how …

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 Relativistic Electron-Proton Telescope (REPT) instrument on board the Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP) spacecraft: Characterization of Earth's radiation belt …

DN Baker, SG Kanekal, VC Hoxie, S Batiste… - The van allen probes …, 2014 - Springer
Particle acceleration and loss in the million electron Volt (MeV) energy range (and above) is
the least understood aspect of radiation belt science. In order to measure cleanly and …

Source and seed populations for relativistic electrons: Their roles in radiation belt changes

AN Jaynes, DN Baker, HJ Singer… - Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Strong enhancements of outer Van Allen belt electrons have been shown to have a clear
dependence on solar wind speed and on the duration of southward interplanetary magnetic …

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 …

The plasma wave experiment (PWE) on board the Arase (ERG) satellite

Y Kasahara, Y Kasaba, H Kojima, S Yagitani… - Earth, Planets and …, 2018 - Springer
The Exploration of energization and Radiation in Geospace (ERG) project aims to study
acceleration and loss mechanisms of relativistic electrons around the Earth. The Arase …