Unusual high frequency EMIC waves: Detailed analysis of EMIC wave excitation and energy coupling between EMIC and magnetosonic waves

K Min, J Kim, Q Ma, CW Jun, K Liu - Advances in Space Research, 2022 - Elsevier
A recent event study suggested a coupling process whereby suprathermal protons (10–100
eV), as a result of perpendicular heating by pre-existing magnetosonic waves, can excite …

On the energy coupling from magnetosonic waves to high‐frequency electromagnetic ion cyclotron waves: Statistical analysis

K Min, Q Ma - Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
In the inner magnetosphere, fast magnetosonic waves (MS waves) are known to resonantly
interact with ring current protons, causing these protons to gain energy preferentially in the …

Relation between magnetosonic waves and pitch angle anisotropy of warm protons

J Joseph, AN Jaynes, Q Ma, DP Hartley… - Frontiers in astronomy …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
In the past decade, many observations of transversely heated low energy protons were
reported in the inner magnetosphere. Interestingly, most of the time heated protons were …

Regular Density Inhomogeneities in the Boundary Layer of the Plasmasphere

GA Kotova, VV Bezrukikh, DV Chugunin… - Geomagnetism and …, 2023 - Springer
Based on thermal plasma measurements on the MAGION-5 and INTERBALL-1 satellites in
the plasmasphere boundary layer, similar recurring changes in the proton density were …