Van Allen radiation belt
Cyclotron acceleration of radiation belt electrons by whistlers
... magnetosphere, we extend this theory to consider such interactions for a natural whistler arising from a lightning discharge in the Earth’s atmosphere. It is shown that, near the equatorial plane of the magnetosphere, ...
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The problem of the acceleration of electrons of the outer radiation belt and magnetospheric substorms
... Large fluxes of relativistic electrons in the magneto- sphere of the Earth fill the outer radiation belt (ORB). Their properties were studied using the data of many satellites including the recently ...
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Prompt energization of relativistic and highly relativistic electrons during a substorm interval: Van Allen Probes observations
... radiation belt. We present multi-instrument observations from the Van Allen Probes spacecraft Radiation Belt Storm Probe A and Radiation Belt Storm Probe B at ~6 Re ...
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James van Allen and his namesake NASA mission
... the Van Allen Probes have worked exceptionally well, and a flood of observa- tions with unprecedented clarity and quality is coming ...third radiation belt has more implica- tions than the ...
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Synchotron radiation as the source of the polarized decimeter radiation from Jupiter
... synchrotron emission, e ith e r the energy distribution of the relativistic electrons is quite different from that in the earth's Van Allen belt, or the more energetic electrons are trap[r] ...
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Unraveling the drivers of the storm time radiation belt response
... outer Van Allen belt, and thus, these observations at a single energy and radial distance may not necessary reflect the behavior of the rest of the outer belt electrons at different L shells or ...
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Van Allen Probes show that the inner radiation zone contains no MeV electrons: ECT/MagEIS data
... The radiation belts are generally described as having inner and outer zones or belts with a transition region or slot between ...outer belt consists of energetic electrons and ring current ...inner ...
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Energetic, relativistic and ultra-relativistic electrons: Comparison of long-term VERB code simulations with Van Allen Probes measurements
... Electron Radiation Belt (VERB) code with observations from the Magnetic Electron Ion Spectrometer and Relativistic Electron-Proton Telescope instruments on the Van Allen Probes ...
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Science Goals and Overview of the Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP) Energetic Particle, Composition, and Thermal Plasma (ECT) Suite on NASA’s Van Allen Probes Mission
... in radiation belt acceleration are radial phase space density ...satellite. Van Allen Probes mission strategy designed variable separation of the satellites specifically for this ...
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Excitation of nightside magnetosonic waves observedby Van Allen Probes
... of Van Allen probes have led to the latest findings of the radiation belt electron dynamics, which include the reconfirmation of electron phase space density peak associated with local ...
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Processes in auroral oval and outer electron radiation belt
... outer belt electrons starts with the formation of a “seed” population during storm time substorms (see, for example Baker et ...using Van Allen Probes observations and Tsyganenko and Sitnov (2005) ...
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Van Allen Probes observation of plasmaspheric hiss modulated by injected energetic electrons
... trons resonant with chorus waves (Li et al., 2011). Besides, the ULF wave-induced modulation of chorus could have an impact on electron precipitation leading to pulsating aurora (Jaynes et al., 2015). Similar modulations ...
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The Storm Time Response of the Inner Magnetosphere During Coronal Mass Ejection and Corotating Interaction Region Driven Storms, Samuel Bingham
... the radiation belt. In this chapter, we use the Van Allen Probes mission to look at the development of EMIC wave growth using a linear theory proxy based on ...
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Intense duskside lower band chorus waves observed by Van Allen Probes: Generation and potential acceleration effect on radiation belt electrons
... In order to objectively evaluate the chorus-driven acceleration effect, we display the duskside chorus wave observations of both RBSP twin satellites in Figure 4. Obviously, these duskside chorus waves can be detected ...
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Van Allen Probes observations linking radiation belt electrons to chorus waves during 2014 multiple storms
... Abstract During 18 February to 2 March 2014, the Van Allen Probes encountered multiple geomagnetic storms and simultaneously observed intensified chorus and hiss waves. During this period, there were ...
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Plasmatrough exohiss waves observed by Van Allen Probes: Evidence for leakage from plasmasphere and resonant scattering of radiation belt electrons
... [Bortnik et al., 2008]. So far, however, there has been no direct observational evidence for the origin of exohiss. In this study, we report an exohiss wave event detected by the Van Allen Probes [Mauk et ...
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Laser-plasma-based space radiation reproduction in the laboratory
... outer van Allen belt electron and proton flux, and we used this lab-made space radiation to systematically characterise realistic degradation of space ...space radiation testing and add ...
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Nonstorm time dynamics of electron radiation belts observed by the Van Allen Probes
... The Van Allen radiation belts normally comprise two distinct zones of geomagnetically trapped particles spatially separated by the slot ...inner radiation belt is populated by both ...
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Modelling the outer radiation belt as a complex system in a self-organised critical state
... For this work the solar wind velocity frequency distribu- tion was also fitted by a power-law and the results are shown in Fig. 9. The fit is not so good for the 1995 solar wind data and you can clearly see two ...
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Ionization Balance in the Rotating Radiation Belt Accompanying Complete Divertor Detachment in LHD
... the radiation belt is out- side our field of view and the spectrum corresponding to the ionizing plasma is ...two radiation components: one from the boundary region of the bulk plasma and the other ...
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