Relativistic electron microbursts as high‐energy tail of pulsating aurora electrons

Y Miyoshi, S Saito, S Kurita, K Asamura… - Geophysical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
In this study, by simulating the wave‐particle interactions, we show that subrelativistic/
relativistic electron microbursts form the high‐energy tail of pulsating aurora (PsA). Whistler …

Space plasma physics: A review

BT Tsurutani, GP Zank, VJ Sterken… - … on Plasma Science, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Owing to the ever-present solar wind, our vast solar system is full of plasmas. The turbulent
solar wind, together with sporadic solar eruptions, introduces various space plasma …

Energetic electron precipitation associated with pulsating aurora: EISCAT and Van Allen Probe observations

Y Miyoshi, S Oyama, S Saito, S Kurita… - Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Pulsating auroras show quasi‐periodic intensity modulations caused by the precipitation of
energetic electrons of the order of tens of keV. It is expected theoretically that not only these …

[HTML][HTML] Wave-driven butterfly distribution of Van Allen belt relativistic electrons

F Xiao, C Yang, Z Su, Q Zhou, Z He, Y He… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Van Allen radiation belts consist of relativistic electrons trapped by Earth's magnetic field.
Trapped electrons often drift azimuthally around Earth and display a butterfly pitch angle …

Observations directly linking relativistic electron microbursts to whistler mode chorus: Van Allen Probes and FIREBIRD II

AW Breneman, A Crew, J Sample… - Geophysical …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
We present observations that provide the strongest evidence yet that discrete whistler mode
chorus packets cause relativistic electron microbursts. On 20 January 2016 near 1944 UT …

Nonlinear interactions between radiation belt electrons and chorus waves: Dependence on wave amplitude modulation

L Gan, W Li, Q Ma, JM Albert… - Geophysical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
We use test particle simulations to model the interaction between radiation belt electrons
and whistler mode chorus waves by focusing on wave amplitude modulations. We quantify …

Observational evidence for the origin of repetitive chorus emissions

X Gao, R Chen, Q Lu, L Chen, H Chen… - Geophysical Research …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Chorus waves, discovered as a series of repetitive coherent emissions, are well known for
producing hazard radiation environments in Earth's magnetosphere. Its repetitive nature …

Large‐amplitude extremely low frequency hiss waves in plasmaspheric plumes

Z Su, N Liu, H Zheng, Y Wang… - Geophysical Research …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Whistler‐mode extremely low frequency hiss emissions commonly exist in the plasmasphere
and the plasmaspheric plume and contribute to the precipitation loss of the radiation belt …

Solar cycle dependence of High‐Intensity Long‐Duration Continuous AE Activity (HILDCAA) events, relativistic electron predictors?

R Hajra, E Echer, BT Tsurutani… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract High‐Intensity, Long‐Duration, Continuous AE Activity (HILDCAA) events are
studied using long‐term geomagnetic and solar wind/interplanetary databases. We use the …

Relation between fine structure of energy spectra for pulsating aurora electrons and frequency spectra of whistler mode chorus waves

Y Miyoshi, S Saito, K Seki, T Nishiyama… - Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
We investigate the origin of the fine structure of the energy spectrum of precipitating
electrons for the pulsating aurora (PsA) observed by the low‐altitude Reimei satellite. The …