Space weather effects produced by the ring current particles

N Ganushkina, A Jaynes, M Liemohn - Space Science Reviews, 2017 - Springer
One of the definitions of space weather describes it as the time-varying space environment
that may be hazardous to technological systems in space and/or on the ground and/or …

A THEMIS multicase study of dipolarization fronts in the magnetotail plasma sheet

A Runov, V Angelopoulos, XZ Zhou… - Journal of …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
We discuss results of a superposed epoch analysis of dipolarization fronts, rapid (δt< 30 s),
high‐amplitude (δBz> 10 nT) increases in the northward magnetic field component …

Statistical characteristics of particle injections throughout the equatorial magnetotail

C Gabrielse, V Angelopoulos, A Runov… - Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Energetic particle injections are critical for supplying particles and energy to the inner
magnetosphere. Recent case studies have demonstrated a good correlation between …

Dipolarization fronts as a signature of transient reconnection in the magnetotail

MI Sitnov, M Swisdak, AV Divin - Journal of Geophysical …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Dipolarization fronts (DFs), characterized by a strong and steep increase of the tail magnetic
field component Bz normal to the neutral plane and preceded by a much less negative dip of …

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 …

The effects of transient, localized electric fields on equatorial electron acceleration and transport toward the inner magnetosphere

C Gabrielse, V Angelopoulos, A Runov… - Journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Motivated by recent observations of intense electric fields and elevated energetic particle
fluxes within flow bursts beyond geosynchronous altitude (Runov et al., 2009, 2011), we …

RCM‐E simulation of ion acceleration during an idealized plasma sheet bubble injection

J Yang, FR Toffoletto, RA Wolf… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
In this paper, we investigate the role of plasma sheet bubbles in the ion flux variations at
geosynchronous orbit during substorm injections by using the Rice Convection Model with …

Extensive electron transport and energization via multiple, localized dipolarizing flux bundles

C Gabrielse, V Angelopoulos, C Harris… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Using an analytical model of multiple dipolarizing flux bundles (DFBs) embedded in
earthward traveling bursty bulk flows, we demonstrate how equatorially mirroring electrons …

Near‐Earth injection of MeV electrons associated with intense dipolarization electric fields: Van Allen Probes observations

L Dai, C Wang, S Duan, Z He… - Geophysical …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Substorms generally inject tens to hundreds of keV electrons, but intense substorm electric
fields have been shown to inject MeV electrons as well. An intriguing question is whether …

Electron fluxes and pitch‐angle distributions at dipolarization fronts: THEMIS multipoint observations

A Runov, V Angelopoulos, C Gabrielse… - Journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Taking advantage of multipoint observations from a Cluster‐like Time History of Events and
Macroscale Interactions during Substorms (THEMIS) probe configuration repeated in three …