Rapid local acceleration of relativistic radiation-belt electrons by magnetospheric chorus

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Particle Dynamics in the Earth's Radiation Belts: Review of Current Research and Open Questions (2020, methodology): “Whistler mode chorus waves have been the subject of a multitude of research studies as these powerful waves are responsible for intense and extreme electron acceleration, from a few tens of kiloelectron volts up to several megaelectron volts (e.g., Horne & Thorne, 1999; Horne et al., 2003, Horne et ”
Event‐specific chorus wave and electron seed population models in DREAM3D using the Van Allen Probes (2014, methodology): “D simulation of the acceleration by chorus waves that reproduces the energy spectrum and pitch angle distributions observed at one L shell has also been performed [Thorne et al., 2013].”
Space Weather Effects in the Earth’s Radiation Belts (2018, background): “Thorne et al. (2013a) demonstrated that quasi-linear modeling of this local acceleration process could reproduce the observed recovery of the inner radiation belt electrons.”
Earth's Van Allen Radiation Belts: From Discovery to the Van Allen Probes Era (2019, background): “A peak in f is often taken as evidence for local heating (Boyd et al., 2018; Reeves et al., 2013; Thorne et al., 2013a); however, a sudden drop in flux at the outer boundary due to inward motion of the magnetopause will also produce a local peak (Elkington, 2006; Su et al., 2017).”