The Van Allen Probes electric field and waves instrument: Science results, measurements, and access to data

AW Breneman, JR Wygant, S Tian, CA Cattell… - Space science …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract The Van Allen Probes Electric Fields and Waves (EFW) instrument provided
measurements of electric fields and spacecraft floating potentials over a wide dynamic range …

Differentiating between the leading processes for electron radiation belt acceleration

S Lejosne, HJ Allison, LW Blum, AY Drozdov… - Frontiers in Astronomy …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Many spacecraft fly within or through a natural and variable particle accelerator powered by
the coupling between the magnetosphere and the solar wind: the Earth's radiation belts …

Upper limit of outer radiation belt electron acceleration driven by whistler‐mode chorus waves

M Hua, J Bortnik, Q Ma - Geophysical Research Letters, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
We investigate the outer radiation belt electron energy spectra of the highest fluxes
observed during storms based on Van Allen Probes measurements, which demonstrate a …

Radial transport in the Earth's radiation belts: linear, quasi-linear, and higher-order processes

A Osmane, E Kilpua, H George… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Observational studies of the Earth's radiation belts indicate that Alfvénic fluctuations in the
frequency range of 2–25 mHz accelerate electrons to relativistic energies. For decades …

[HTML][HTML] The challenge to understand the zoo of particle transport regimes during resonant wave-particle interactions for given survey-mode wave spectra

O Allanson, D Ma, A Osmane, JM Albert… - Frontiers in astronomy …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Quasilinear theories have been shown to well describe a range of transport phenomena in
magnetospheric, space, astrophysical and laboratory plasma “weak turbulence” scenarios. It …

[HTML][HTML] Application of wavelet methods in the investigation of geospace disturbances: a review and an evaluation of the approach for quantifying wavelet power

C Katsavrias, C Papadimitriou, A Hillaris, G Balasis - Atmosphere, 2022 - mdpi.com
Geospace disturbances refer collectively to the variations of the geomagnetic field and the
trapped particle populations in the near-Earth space. These are the result of transient and …

Rapid acceleration bursts in the Van Allen radiation belt

L Olifer, SK Morley, LG Ozeke, IR Mann… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The fast Van Allen radiation belt electron dynamics during geomagnetic storms
have not yet been fully explained, in part due to limitations of standard satellite missions in …

Foresail-2: Space physics mission in a challenging environment

M Anger, P Niemelä, K Cheremetiev, B Clayhills… - Space Science …, 2023 - Springer
Earth's radiation belts are extremely important for space weather because they can store
and accelerate particles to relativistic energies, which can have a potential impact on …

Van Allen Probes observations of a three‐dimensional field line resonance at a plasmaspheric plume

JK Sandhu, AW Degeling, T Elsden… - Geophysical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Field Line Resonances (FLRs) are a critical component in Earth's magnetospheric
dynamics, associated with the transfer of energy between Ultra Low Frequency waves and …

Drift phase resolved diffusive radiation belt model: 1. Theoretical framework

S Lejosne, JM Albert - Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Most physics-based models provide a coarse three-dimensional representation of radiation
belt dynamics at low time resolution, of the order of a few drift periods. The description of the …