The Van Allen Probes electric field and waves instrument: Science results, measurements, and access to data

AW Breneman, JR Wygant, S Tian, CA Cattell… - Space science …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract The Van Allen Probes Electric Fields and Waves (EFW) instrument provided
measurements of electric fields and spacecraft floating potentials over a wide dynamic range …

[图书][B] Physics of Earth's radiation belts: Theory and observations

HEJ Koskinen, EKJ Kilpua - 2022 - library.oapen.org
This open access book serves as textbook on the physics of the radiation belts surrounding
the Earth. Discovered in 1958 the famous Van Allen Radiation belts were among the first …

Statistical Analysis of the Differential Deep Penetration of Energetic Electrons and Protons into the Low L Region (L < 4)

H Zhao, ST Califf, R Goyal, X Li… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Deep penetration of energetic electrons (10s–100s of keV) to low L‐shells (L< 4), as an
important source of inner belt electrons, is commonly observed during geomagnetically …

Dynamics of energetic electrons in the slot region during geomagnetically quiet times: Losses due to wave‐particle interactions versus a source from cosmic ray …

Z Xiang, X Li, B Ni, MA Temerin, H Zhao… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Earth's slot region, lying between the outer and inner radiation belts, has been identified as
due to a balance between inward radial diffusion and pitch angle (PA) scattering induced by …

Radiation belt slot region filling events: Sustained energetic precipitation into the mesosphere

AJ Kavanagh, N Cobbett… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Precipitation of energetic electrons to the atmosphere is both a loss mechanism for radiation
belt particles and a means by which the geospace environment influences the Earth's …

Van Allen Probes Measurements of Energetic Particle Deep Penetration Into the Low L Region (L < 4) During the Storm on 8 April 2016

H Zhao, DN Baker, S Califf, X Li… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Using measurements from the Van Allen Probes, a penetration event of tens to hundreds of
keV electrons and tens of keV protons into the low L shells (L< 4) is studied. Timing and …

Electron Acceleration by Magnetosonic Waves in the Deep Inner Belt (L = 1.5–2) Region During Geomagnetic Storm of August 2018

Z Zhang, Z Xiang, Y Wang, B Ni… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The relativistic electron acceleration in the inner radiation belt have received little attention
in the past due to sparse measurements. The 90° minimum pitch angle distributions of …

On the initial enhancement of energetic electrons and the innermost plasmapause locations: Coronal mass ejection‐driven storm periods

LY Khoo, X Li, H Zhao, TE Sarris… - Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Using Van Allen Probes' observations and established plasmapause location (Lpp)
models, we investigate the relationship between the location of the initial enhancement (IE) …

On the importance of gradients in the low‐energy electron phase space density for relativistic electron acceleration

HJ Allison, RB Horne, SA Glauert… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Observations of the electron radiation belts have shown links between increases in the low‐
energy seed population and enhancements in the> 1‐MeV flux. During active times, low …

Outer Van Allen radiation belt response to interacting interplanetary coronal mass ejections

EKJ Kilpua, DL Turner, AN Jaynes… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
We study the response of the outer Van Allen radiation belt during an intense magnetic
storm on 15–22 February 2014. Four interplanetary coronal mass ejections (ICMEs) arrived …