The Characteristic Response of Whistler Mode Waves to Interplanetary Shocks

Yue, Chao; Chen, Lunjin; Bortnik, Jacob; Ma, Qianli; Thorne, Richard M.; Angelopoulos, Vassilis; Li, Jinxing; An, Xin; Zhou, Chen; Kletzing, Craig; Reeves, Geoffrey D.; Spence, Harlan E.

doi:10.1002/2017JA024574

Title: The Characteristic Response of Whistler Mode Waves to Interplanetary Shocks

Journal Article · Fri Sep 29 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · Journal of Geophysical Research. Space Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JA024574· OSTI ID:1440491

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Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States); Univ. Corp. for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO (United States)
Univ. of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX (United States)
Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States)
Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States); Boston Univ., Boston, MA (United States)
Wuhan Univ., Wuhan (China)
Univ. of Iowa, Iowa City, IA (United States)
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); Space Sciences Division at the New Mexico Consortium, Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Univ. of New Hampshire, Durham, NH (United States)

Magnetospheric whistler mode waves play a key role in regulating the dynamics of the electron radiation belts. Recent satellite observations indicate a significant influence of interplanetary (IP) shocks on whistler mode wave power in the inner magnetosphere. In this study, we statistically investigate the response of whistler mode chorus and plasmaspheric hiss to IP shocks based on Van Allen Probes and THEMIS satellite observations. Immediately after the IP shock arrival, chorus wave power is usually intensified, often at postmidnight to prenoon sector, while plasmaspheric hiss wave power predominantly decreases near the dayside but intensifies near the nightside. We conclude that chorus wave intensification outside the plasmasphere is probably associated with the suprathermal electron flux enhancement caused by the IP shock. Through a simple ray tracing modeling assuming the scenario that plasmaspheric hiss is originated from chorus, we find that the solar wind dynamic pressure increase changes the magnetic field configuration to favor ray penetration in the nightside and promote ray refraction away from the dayside, potentially explaining the magnetic local time–dependent responses of plasmaspheric hiss waves following IP shock arrivals.

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Research Organization:: Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA); USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-06NA25396

OSTI ID:: 1440491

Report Number(s):: LA-UR-17-31422; TRN: US1900753

Journal Information:: Journal of Geophysical Research. Space Physics, Vol. 122, Issue 10; ISSN 2169-9380

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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