Energetic electron precipitation induced by oblique whistler mode chorus emissions

Author(s):  
Yi‐Kai Hsieh ◽  
Yoshiharu Omura ◽  
Yuko Kubota
2019 ◽  
Vol 46 (7) ◽  
pp. 3615-3624 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Li ◽  
X.‐C. Shen ◽  
Q. Ma ◽  
L. Capannolo ◽  
R. Shi ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yikai Hsieh ◽  
Yoshiharu Omura

<p>Whistler mode chorus emissions in the Earth’s magnetosphere cause energetic electron precipitation and the associated pulsating aurora. First-order cyclotron resonance in parallel whistler mode wave-particle interactions is the main mechanism of the precipitation. Not only cyclotron resonance but also Landau resonance and higher-order cyclotron resonances occur in the oblique whistler mode wave-particle interactions. Especially, electrons can be accelerated and scattered to lower equatorial pitch angles rapidly via Landau resonance. We apply test particle simulation and the Green’s function method to check the energetic electron precipitation caused by oblique chorus emissions. We simulate the wave-particle interactions around L=4.5 for electron ranges from 10 keV to a few MeV. We further compare the precipitation fluxes between parallel and oblique chorus emissions. Our simulation result reveals that oblique chorus emissions lead to more electron precipitation than parallel chorus emissions. At kinetic energy E < 100 keV, the electron precipitation ratio (oblique case/parallel case) is about 1.3. At 100 keV < E < 0.5 MeV, the ratio is greater than 2. At E > 0.5 MeV, the ratio is greater than 2 orders. Multiple resonances effect in the oblique whistler mode wave-particle interactions is the reason for the greater precipitation.</p>


1998 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. E. Titova ◽  
T. A. Yahnina ◽  
A. G. Yahnin ◽  
B. B. Gvozdevsky ◽  
A. A. Lyubchich ◽  
...  

Abstract. Specific type of energetic electron precipitation accompanied by a sharp increase in trapped energetic electron flux are found in the data obtained from low-altitude NOAA satellites. These strongly localized variations of the trapped and precipitated energetic electron flux have been observed in the evening sector near the plasmapause during recovery phase of magnetic storms. Statistical characteristics of these structures as well as the results of comparison with proton precipitation are described. We demonstrate the spatial coincidence of localized electron precipitation with cold plasma gradient and whistler wave intensification measured on board the DE-1 and Aureol-3 satellites. A simultaneous localized sharp increase in both trapped and precipitating electron flux could be a result of significant pitch-angle isotropization of drifting electrons due to their interaction via cyclotron instability with the region of sharp increase in background plasma density.Key words. Ionosphere (particle precipitation; wave-particle interaction) Magnetospheric Physics (plasmasphere)


2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (372) ◽  
pp. 29-40
Author(s):  
Takuya Miyashita ◽  
Hiroyo Ohya ◽  
Fuminori Tsuchiya ◽  
Asuka Hirai ◽  
Mitsunori Ozaki ◽  
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2012 ◽  
Vol 39 (21) ◽  
pp. n/a-n/a ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Daae ◽  
P. Espy ◽  
H. Nesse Tyssøy ◽  
D. Newnham ◽  
J. Stadsnes ◽  
...  

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