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Title: Analysis of the Duration of Rising Tone Chorus Elements

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Abstract The duration of chorus elements is an important parameter to understand chorus excitation and to quantify the effects of nonlinear wave‐particle interactions on energetic electron dynamics. In this work, we analyze the duration of rising tone chorus elements statistically using Van Allen Probes data. We present the distribution of chorus element duration ( τ ) as a function of magnetic local time (MLT) and the geomagnetic activity level characterized by auroral electrojet ( A E ) index. We show that the typical value of τ for nightside and dawnside is about 0.12 s, smaller than that for dayside and duskside by about a factor of 2 to 4. Using a previously developed hybrid code, DAWN, we suggest that the background magnetic field inhomogeneity might be an important factor in controlling the chorus element duration. We also report that τ is larger during quiet times and shorter during moderate and active periods; this result is consistent with the MLT dependence of τ and the occurrence pattern of chorus waves at different levels of geomagnetic activity. We then investigate the correlation between τ and the frequency chirping rate (Γ). We show that, from observation, τ scales with Γ as , suggesting thatmore » statistically the frequency range of chorus elements ( τ Γ) should be roughly the same for different elements. These findings should be useful to the further development of a theoretical model of chorus excitation and to the quantification of nonlinear wave‐particle interactions on energetic electron dynamics.« less

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  1. CAS Key Laboratory of Geospace Environment, Department of Geophysics and Planetary Sciences University of Science and Technology of China Hefei China, Collaborative Innovation Center of Astronautical Science and Technology China
  2. ENEA C. R. Frascati Frascati Italy, Institute of Fusion Theory and Simulation and Department of Physics Zhejiang University Hangzhou China
  3. Institute of Fusion Theory and Simulation and Department of Physics Zhejiang University Hangzhou China, Department of Physics and Astronomy University of California Irvine CA USA
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Geophysical Research Letters
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Journal Name: Geophysical Research Letters Journal Volume: 44 Journal Issue: 24; Journal ID: ISSN 0094-8276
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American Geophysical Union (AGU)
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Teng, S., Tao, X., Xie, Y., Zonca, F., Chen, L., Fang, W. B., and Wang, S. Analysis of the Duration of Rising Tone Chorus Elements. United States: N. p., 2017. Web. doi:10.1002/2017GL075824.
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Teng, S., Tao, X., Xie, Y., Zonca, F., Chen, L., Fang, W. B., & Wang, S. Analysis of the Duration of Rising Tone Chorus Elements. United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017GL075824
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Teng, S., Tao, X., Xie, Y., Zonca, F., Chen, L., Fang, W. B., and Wang, S. Fri . "Analysis of the Duration of Rising Tone Chorus Elements". United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017GL075824.
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@article{osti_1415164,
title = {Analysis of the Duration of Rising Tone Chorus Elements},
author = {Teng, S. and Tao, X. and Xie, Y. and Zonca, F. and Chen, L. and Fang, W. B. and Wang, S.},
abstractNote = {Abstract The duration of chorus elements is an important parameter to understand chorus excitation and to quantify the effects of nonlinear wave‐particle interactions on energetic electron dynamics. In this work, we analyze the duration of rising tone chorus elements statistically using Van Allen Probes data. We present the distribution of chorus element duration ( τ ) as a function of magnetic local time (MLT) and the geomagnetic activity level characterized by auroral electrojet ( A E ) index. We show that the typical value of τ for nightside and dawnside is about 0.12 s, smaller than that for dayside and duskside by about a factor of 2 to 4. Using a previously developed hybrid code, DAWN, we suggest that the background magnetic field inhomogeneity might be an important factor in controlling the chorus element duration. We also report that τ is larger during quiet times and shorter during moderate and active periods; this result is consistent with the MLT dependence of τ and the occurrence pattern of chorus waves at different levels of geomagnetic activity. We then investigate the correlation between τ and the frequency chirping rate (Γ). We show that, from observation, τ scales with Γ as , suggesting that statistically the frequency range of chorus elements ( τ Γ) should be roughly the same for different elements. These findings should be useful to the further development of a theoretical model of chorus excitation and to the quantification of nonlinear wave‐particle interactions on energetic electron dynamics.},
doi = {10.1002/2017GL075824},
journal = {Geophysical Research Letters},
number = 24,
volume = 44,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Dec 29 00:00:00 EST 2017},
month = {Fri Dec 29 00:00:00 EST 2017}
}
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