Energetic electron precipitation driven by electromagnetic ion cyclotron waves from ELFIN's low altitude perspective

V Angelopoulos, XJ Zhang, AV Artemyev… - Space Science …, 2023 - Springer
We review comprehensive observations of electromagnetic ion cyclotron (EMIC) wave-
driven energetic electron precipitation using data collected by the energetic electron …

Particle acceleration by magnetic reconnection in geospace

M Oka, J Birn, J Egedal, F Guo, RE Ergun… - Space Science …, 2023 - Springer
Particles are accelerated to very high, non-thermal energies during explosive energy-
release phenomena in space, solar, and astrophysical plasma environments. While it has …

Explosive magnetotail activity

M Sitnov, J Birn, B Ferdousi, E Gordeev… - Space science …, 2019 - Springer
Modes and manifestations of the explosive activity in the Earth's magnetotail, as well as its
onset mechanisms and key pre-onset conditions are reviewed. Two mechanisms for the …

The Earth's magnetosphere: A systems science overview and assessment

JE Borovsky, JA Valdivia - Surveys in geophysics, 2018 - Springer
A systems science examination of the Earth's fully interconnected dynamic magnetosphere
is presented. Here the magnetospheric system (aka the magnetosphere–ionosphere …

Magnetotail dipolarization fronts and particle acceleration: A review

H Fu, EE Grigorenko, C Gabrielse, C Liu, S Lu… - Science China Earth …, 2020 - Springer
In this paper, the particle acceleration processes around magnetotail dipolarization fronts
(DFs) were reviewed. We summarize the spacecraft observations (including Cluster …

Relativistic electron precipitation driven by mesoscale transients, inferred from ground and multi‐spacecraft platforms

AV Artemyev, XJ Zhang, AG Demekhov… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Precipitation of relativistic electrons into the Earth's atmosphere regulates the outer radiation
belt fluxes and contributes to magnetosphere‐atmosphere coupling. One of the main drivers …

First observation of electron rolling‐pin distribution in Jupiter's magnetosphere

CQ Wang, HS Fu, JB Cao, Z Wang… - Geophysical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The electron rolling‐pin distribution, showing electron pitch angles primarily at 0°, 90°, and
180°, has been widely studied in the Earth's magnetosphere, but has never been reported in …

Electron power-law spectra in solar and space plasmas

M Oka, J Birn, M Battaglia, CC Chaston, SM Hatch… - Space Science …, 2018 - Springer
Particles are accelerated to very high, non-thermal energies in solar and space plasma
environments. While energy spectra of accelerated electrons often exhibit a power law, it …

The role of localized inductive electric fields in electron injections around dipolarizing flux bundles

C Gabrielse, C Harris, V Angelopoulos… - Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
We study energetic electron injections by using an analytical model that self‐consistently
describes electric and magnetic field perturbations of a transient, localized dipolarizing flux …

Modeling the depletion and recovery of the outer radiation belt during a geomagnetic storm: Combined MHD and test particle simulations

KA Sorathia, AY Ukhorskiy, VG Merkin… - Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
During geomagnetic storms the intensities of the outer radiation belt electron population can
exhibit dramatic variability. Deep depletions in intensity during the main phase are followed …