Particle dynamics in the Earth's radiation belts: Review of current research and open questions

JF Ripoll, SG Claudepierre… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The past decade transformed our observational understanding of energetic particle
processes in near‐Earth space. An unprecedented suite of observational systems was in …

Space weather effects in the Earth's radiation belts

DN Baker, PJ Erickson, JF Fennell, JC Foster… - Space Science …, 2018 - Springer
The first major scientific discovery of the Space Age was that the Earth is enshrouded in
toroids, or belts, of very high-energy magnetically trapped charged particles. Early …

Three‐dimensional electron radiation belt simulations using the BAS Radiation Belt Model with new diffusion models for chorus, plasmaspheric hiss, and lightning …

SA Glauert, RB Horne… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The flux of relativistic electrons in the Earth's radiation belts is highly variable and can
change by orders of magnitude on timescales of a few hours. Understanding the drivers for …

Analytic expressions for ULF wave radiation belt radial diffusion coefficients

LG Ozeke, IR Mann, KR Murphy… - Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
We present analytic expressions for ULF wave‐derived radiation belt radial diffusion
coefficients, as a function of L and Kp, which can easily be incorporated into global radiation …

Explaining the dynamics of the ultra-relativistic third Van Allen radiation belt

IR Mann, LG Ozeke, KR Murphy, SG Claudepierre… - Nature Physics, 2016 - nature.com
Since the discovery of the Van Allen radiation belts over 50 years ago, an explanation for
their complete dynamics has remained elusive. Especially challenging is understanding the …

The impact of cold electrons and cold ions in magnetospheric physics

GL Delzanno, JE Borovsky, MG Henderson… - Journal of Atmospheric …, 2021 - Elsevier
A review of the impact of the cold-ion and cold-electron populations in the Earth's
magnetosphere is presented. The cold populations are defined by total energy less than …

Radiation belt radial diffusion at Earth and beyond

S Lejosne, P Kollmann - Space Science Reviews, 2020 - Springer
The year 2019 marks the 60th anniversary of the concept of radial diffusion in
magnetospheric research. This makes it one of the oldest research topics in radiation belt …

Quantitative evaluation of radial diffusion and local acceleration processes during GEM challenge events

Q Ma, W Li, J Bortnik, RM Thorne, X Chu… - Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
We simulate the radiation belt electron flux enhancements during selected Geospace
Environment Modeling (GEM) challenge events to quantitatively compare the major …

On the calculation of electric diffusion coefficient of radiation belt electrons with in situ electric field measurements by THEMIS

W Liu, W Tu, X Li, T Sarris… - Geophysical …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Based on 7 years' observations from Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions
during Substorms (THEMIS), we investigate the statistical distribution of electric field Pc5 …

ULF wave driven radial diffusion during geomagnetic storms: A statistical analysis of Van Allen Probes observations

JK Sandhu, IJ Rae, JR Wygant… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The impact of radial diffusion in storm time radiation belt dynamics is well‐debated. In this
study we quantify the changes and variability in radial diffusion coefficients during …