Slot region electron loss timescales due to plasmaspheric hiss and lightning‐generated whistlers

By Nigel P. Meredith, R. Horne, S. Glauert, R. R. Anderson. 2007

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Subfields: Astronomy and Astrophysics, Geophysics

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In Astronomy and Astrophysics

1. R. Thorne
2. Wen Li
3. Nigel P. Meredith
4. R. Horne
5. Y. Shprits
6. Binbin Ni
7. Jacob Bortnik
8. S. Glauert

In Geophysics

1. R. Thorne
2. Nigel P. Meredith
3. R. Horne
4. Y. Shprits
5. Binbin Ni
6. Wen Li
7. Jacob Bortnik
8. S. Glauert

Citations in the corpus

• Statistical properties of plasmaspheric hiss derived from Van Allen Probes data and their effects on radiation belt electron dynamics (2015, background): “…the modified spectrum is the same as our new statistical spectrum but with a lower cutoff frequency at 100Hz (instead of 20Hz) to evaluate the role of the lowfrequency hiss ( 100Hz) in electron scattering rates, which was not included in the CRRES statistics [e.g., Meredith et al., 2007, 2009].”
• Resonant scattering and resultant pitch angle evolution of relativistic electrons by plasmaspheric hiss (2013, unknown): “[7] Following previous studies [e.g., Albert, 1994; Abel and Thorne, 1998; Meredith et al., 2006a, 2007, 2009; Thorne et al., 2013], we assume the distribution of hiss wave normal angle ψ to be of the form g Xð Þ ¼ exp X Xmð Þ2= δXð Þ2 h i X lc ≤ X ≤ X ucð Þ; (1) where X = tan(ψ), δX (= tan(δψ)) is…”
• Earth's Van Allen Radiation Belts: From Discovery to the Van Allen Probes Era (2019, background): “…in controlling radiation belt electron dynamics inside the plasmasphere by causing electron precipitation into the upper atmosphere through pitch angle scattering (Li, Ma, et al., 2015; Lyons & Thorne, 1973; Ma, Li, et al., 2016a; Meredith et al., 2007, 2006; Ni et al., 2013; Thorne et al., 2013b).”
• Particle Dynamics in the Earth's Radiation Belts: Review of Current Research and Open Questions (2020, background): “Lightning‐generated whistlers are impulsive electromagnetic radiation events with a frequency bandwidth (~2–12 kHz) (e.g., Meredith et al., 2007) that allows resonant interactions at the energy of trapped electrons, eventually leading to electron loss in the inner belt (e.g., Rodger et al., 2003).”
• Electron losses from the radiation belts caused by EMIC waves (2014, background): “…plasmaspheric hiss acts as an important loss process, since the formation of the slot region between the inner and the outer radiation belt is mainly due to resonant pitch angle scattering of energetic electrons with plasmaspheric hiss [Lyons and Thorne, 1973; Meredith et al., 2007, 2009].”
• Three‐dimensional electron radiation belt simulations using the BAS Radiation Belt Model with new diffusion models for chorus, plasmaspheric hiss, and lightning‐generated whistlers (2014, methodology): “In this case, the outer edge of the slot region is in much better agreement with the data, demonstrating the importance of plasmaspheric hiss and LGW in the formation of the slot region [Lyons et al., 1972a; Abel and Thorne, 1998a; Meredith et al., 2007, 2009].”
• Global model of lower band and upper band chorus from multiple satellite observations (2012, background): “…2012b, 2012c], which is itself responsible for the formation of the slot region between the inner and outer radiation belts [Lyons and Thorne, 1973; Meredith et al., 2007, 2009] and the quiet time decay of energetic electrons in the outer radiation belt [Meredith et al., 2006a; Summers et al.,…”
• The Upgraded CARISMA Magnetometer Array in the THEMIS Era (2008, background): “One suggestion links this to the operation of VLF acceleration just outside the plasmasphere, with internal loss such as that occurring due to resonance with plasmaspheric hiss scattering the radiation belt particles internal to the plasmasphere into the atmosphere (e.g. Meredith et al. 2007).”
• Radiation belt dynamics: The importance of wave‐particle interactions (2010, methodology): “[13] Observed characteristics of hiss have been used to evaluate electrons lifetimes within the plasmasphere and account for the slow decay of the outer radiation belts following storm time enhancements [Meredith et al., 2006b, 2007, 2009a; Baker et al., 2007].”
• Modeling radiation belt electron dynamics during GEM challenge intervals with the DREAM3D diffusion model (2013, background): “inside the plasmasphere [Lyons et al., 1972; Lyons and Thorne, 1973; Abel and Thorne, 1998; Meredith et al., 2007], and electromagnetic ion cyclotron (EMIC) waves preferentially generated near the plasmapause [Fraser and Nguyen, 2001; Albert, 2003; Summers and Thorne, 2003; Loto’aniu et al.”
• Evolution of electron fluxes in the outer radiation belt computed with the VERB code (2009, methodology): “Distribution in wave normal angles of chorus waves is taken according to Horne et al. [2005b] and Glauert and Horne [2005], and distribution of wave normal angles of hiss waves is adopted from Meredith et al. [2007] .”
• Survey of upper band chorus and ECH waves: Implications for the diffuse aurora (2009, background): “This emission is largely responsible for the formation of the slot region [e.g., Lyons and Thorne, 1973;Meredith et al., 2007, 2009], and the quiet time decay of radiation belt electrons in the inner region of the outer radiation belt [Meredith et al., 2006; Summers et al., 2007; Lam et al., 2007].”
• Radiation Belt Environment model: Application to space weather nowcasting (2008, background): “Pitch angle diffusion loss of electrons by interacting with whistler mode plasmaspheric hiss is believed to be the source of the slot region [Lyons et al., 1972; Albert, 1994; Meredith et al., 2007 ].”
• Relativistic electron loss timescales in the slot region (2009, methodology): “Previous work shows that pitch angle diffusion is stronger when the wave normal angle is small [ Meredith et al., 2007 ] but special conditions are required to keep the wave normal angle small during propagation.”
• Modeling the evolution of chorus waves into plasmaspheric hiss (2011, background): “…inner (1.3 < L < 2.5) and outer (3 < L < 7) radiation belts [Lyons et al., 1972; Lyons and Thorne, 1973; Albert, 1994; Abel and Thorne, 1998a, 1998b] and controls the gradual decay of energetic outer belt electrons during quiet times [Meredith et al., 2007; Summers et al., 2007; Lam et al., 2007].”