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 …

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) …

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 …

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 …

Timescales for radiation belt electron acceleration and loss due to resonant wave‐particle interactions: 2. Evaluation for VLF chorus, ELF hiss, and electromagnetic ion …

D Summers, B Ni, NP Meredith - Journal of Geophysical …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Outer zone radiation belt electrons can undergo gyroresonant interaction with various
magnetospheric wave modes including whistler‐mode chorus outside the plasmasphere …

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 …

Timescale for radiation belt electron acceleration by whistler mode chorus waves

RB Horne, RM Thorne, SA Glauert… - Journal of …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Electron acceleration inside the Earth's magnetosphere is required to explain increases in
the∼ MeV radiation belt electron flux during magnetically disturbed periods. Recent studies …

Review of radiation belt relativistic electron losses

RM Millan, RM Thorne - Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial …, 2007 - Elsevier
We present a brief review of radiation belt electron losses which are vitally important for
controlling the dynamics of the radiation belts. A historical overview of early observations is …

Resonant scattering of outer zone relativistic electrons by multiband EMIC waves and resultant electron loss time scales

B Ni, X Cao, Z Zou, C Zhou, X Gu… - Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
To improve our understanding of the role of electromagnetic ion cyclotron (EMIC) waves in
radiation belt electron dynamics, we perform a comprehensive analysis of EMIC wave …

Review of modeling of losses and sources of relativistic electrons in the outer radiation belt II: Local acceleration and loss

YY Shprits, DA Subbotin, NP Meredith… - Journal of atmospheric …, 2008 - Elsevier
This paper focuses on the modeling of local acceleration and loss processes in the outer
radiation belt. We begin by reviewing the statistical properties of waves that violate the first …