Roles of whistler mode waves and magnetosonic waves in changing the outer radiation belt and the slot region

Li, L. Y.; Yu, J.; Cao, J. B.; Yang, J. Y.; Li, X.; Baker, D. N.; Reeves, G. D.; Spence, H.

doi:10.1002/2016JA023634

Title: Roles of whistler mode waves and magnetosonic waves in changing the outer radiation belt and the slot region

Journal Article · Wed Apr 26 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · Journal of Geophysical Research. Space Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/2016JA023634· OSTI ID:1467370

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Beihang Univ., Beijing (China). School of Space and Environment
Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States). Lab. for Atmospheric and Space Physics
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); The New Mexico Consortium, Los Alamos, NM (United States). Space Sciences Group
Univ. of New Hampshire, Durham, NH (United States). Inst. for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space

In this paper, using the Van Allen Probe long-term (2013–2015) observations and quasi-linear simulations of wave-particle interactions, we examine the combined or competing effects of whistler mode waves (chorus or hiss) and magnetosonic (MS) waves on energetic (<0.5 MeV) and relativistic (>0.5 MeV) electrons inside and outside the plasmasphere. Although whistler mode chorus waves and MS waves can singly or jointly accelerate electrons from the hundreds of keV energy to the MeV energy in the low-density trough, most of the relativistic electron enhancement events are best correlated with the chorus wave emissions outside the plasmapause. Inside the plasmasphere, intense plasmaspheric hiss can cause the net loss of relativistic electrons via persistent pitch angle scattering, regardless of whether MS waves were present or not. The intense hiss waves not only create the energy-dependent electron slot region but also remove a lot of the outer radiation belt electrons when the expanding dayside plasmasphere frequently covers the outer zone. Since whistler mode waves (chorus or hiss) can resonate with more electrons than MS waves, they play dominant roles in changing the outer radiation belt and the slot region. However, MS waves can accelerate the energetic electrons below 400 keV and weaken their loss inside the plasmapause. Finally and thus, MS waves and plasmaspheric hiss generate different competing effects on energetic and relativistic electrons in the high-density plasmasphere.

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Research Organization:: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); Beihang Univ., Beijing (China)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE; National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-06NA25396; 41374165; 41431071; 41074119

OSTI ID:: 1467370

Report Number(s):: LA-UR-17-24829

Journal Information:: Journal of Geophysical Research. Space Physics, Vol. 122, Issue 5; ISSN 2169-9380

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