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Title: Simultaneous disappearances of plasmaspheric hiss, exohiss, and chorus waves triggered by a sudden decrease in solar wind dynamic pressure

Journal Article · · Geophysical Research Letters
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/2016GL071987· OSTI ID:1356151
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  1. Univ. of Science and Technology of China, Hefei (China). Dept. of Geophysics and Planetary Sciences. CAS Key Lab. of Geospace Environment. School of Earth and Space Sciences. Mengcheng National Geophysical Observatory; Collaborative Innovation Center of Astronautical Science and Technology, Harbin (China)
  2. Univ. of Science and Technology of China, Hefei (China). Dept. of Geophysics and Planetary Sciences. CAS Key Lab. of Geospace Environment; Collaborative Innovation Center of Astronautical Science and Technology, Harbin (China)
  3. Univ. of Science and Technology of China, Hefei (China). Dept. of Geophysics and Planetary Sciences. CAS Key Lab. of Geospace Environment
  4. Univ. of New Hampshire, Durham, NH (United States). Inst. for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space
  5. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); New Mexico Consortium, Los Alamos, NM (United States)
  6. Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States). Lab. for Atmospheric and Space Physics
  7. The Aerospace Corporation, Los Angeles, CA (United States)
  8. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
  9. Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (United States). School of Physics and Astronomy
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Magnetospheric whistler mode waves are of great importance in the radiation belt electron dynamics. In this paper, on the basis of the analysis of a rare event with the simultaneous disappearances of whistler mode plasmaspheric hiss, exohiss, and chorus triggered by a sudden decrease in the solar wind dynamic pressure, we provide evidences for the following physical scenarios: (1) nonlinear generation of chorus controlled by the geomagnetic field inhomogeneity, (2) origination of plasmaspheric hiss from chorus, and (3) leakage of plasmaspheric hiss into exohiss. Finally, following the reduction of the solar wind dynamic pressure, the dayside geomagnetic field configuration with the enhanced inhomogeneity became unfavorable for the generation of chorus, and the quenching of chorus directly caused the disappearances of plasmaspheric hiss and then exohiss.

Research Organization:
Univ. of Science and Technology of China, Hefei (China); Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE; National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC); Chinese Academy of Sciences; National Key Basic Research Special Foundation of China; Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (China)
Contributing Organization:
Collaborative Innovation Center of Astronautical Science and Technology, Harbin (China); Univ. of New Hampshire, Durham, NH (United States); New Mexico Consortium, Los Alamos, NM (United States); Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States); The Aerospace Corporation, Los Angeles, CA (United States); Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (United States)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC52-06NA25396; 41631071; 41422405; 41274169; 41274174; 41174125; 41131065; 41421063; 41231066; 41304134; KZCX2-EW-QN510; KZZD-EW-01-4; QYZDB-SSW-DQC015; 2011CB811403; WK2080000077
OSTI ID:
1356151
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-17-20872
Journal Information:
Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 44, Issue 1; ISSN 0094-8276
Publisher:
American Geophysical UnionCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 26 works
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