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) …

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 …

The electric field and waves instruments on the radiation belt storm probes mission

JR Wygant, JW Bonnell, K Goetz, RE Ergun… - The Van Allen Probes …, 2014 - Springer
Abstract The Electric Fields and Waves (EFW) Instruments on the two Radiation Belt Storm
Probe (RBSP) spacecraft (recently renamed the Van Allen Probes) are designed to measure …

Helium, Oxygen, Proton, and Electron (HOPE) mass spectrometer for the radiation belt storm probes mission

HO Funsten, RM Skoug, AA Guthrie… - Space Science …, 2013 - Springer
The HOPE mass spectrometer of the Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP) mission (renamed
the Van Allen Probes) is designed to measure the in situ plasma ion and electron fluxes over …

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 …

Relativistic theory of wave‐particle resonant diffusion with application to electron acceleration in the magnetosphere

D Summers, RM Thorne, F Xiao - Journal of Geophysical …, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
Resonant diffusion curves for electron cyclotron resonance with field‐aligned
electromagnetic R mode and L mode electromagnetic ion cyclotron (EMIC) waves are …