Radiation belt dynamics: The importance of wave‐particle interactions

RM Thorne - Geophysical Research Letters, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The flux of energetic electrons in the Earth's outer radiation belt can vary by several orders of
magnitude over time scales less than a day, in response to changes in properties of the …

Wave–particle interactions in the Earth's magnetosphere

RM Thorne, J Bortnik, W Li, Q Ma - Magnetospheres in the solar …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Earth's radiation belt electrons exhibit pronounced dynamic variability in response to solar
activity and resultant changes in the solar wind. The nonadiabatic variability of radiation belt …

Competition between the source and loss processes of radiation belt source, seed, and relativistic electrons induced by a magnetic cloud event

Z Zou, P Zuo, B Ni, J Wei, W Zhou, H Huang, Y **e - Physics of Fluids, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
The radiation belt energetic electrons that are trapped by the geomagnetic field are one kind
of space plasma and magnetic fluid. We quantitatively study the competition process …

Near-Earth space radiation models

MA Xapsos, PM O'Neill… - IEEE transactions on …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Near-Earth Space Radiation Models Page 1 IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON NUCLEAR SCIENCE,
VOL. 60, NO. 3, JUNE 2013 1691 Near-Earth Space Radiation Models Michael A. Xapsos …

Three‐dimensional VERB radiation belt simulations including mixed diffusion

D Subbotin, Y Shprits, B Ni - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The evolution of relativistic electron fluxes in the radiation belts is described by the modified
Fokker‐Plank equation in terms of the radial distance, energy and equatorial pitch angle. In …

Dynamic radiation environment assimilation model: DREAM

GD Reeves, Y Chen, GS Cunningham… - Space …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The Dynamic Radiation Environment Assimilation Model (DREAM) was developed to
provide accurate, global specification of the Earth's radiation belts and to better understand …

Long‐term radiation belt simulation with the VERB 3‐D code: Comparison with CRRES observations

DA Subbotin, YY Shprits, B Ni - Journal of Geophysical …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Highly energetic electrons in the Earth's radiation belts are hazardous for satellite
equipment. Fluxes of relativistic electrons can vary by orders of magnitude during …