The electric and magnetic field instrument suite and integrated science (EMFISIS) on RBSP

CA Kletzing, WS Kurth, M Acuna, RJ MacDowall… - Space Science …, 2013 - Springer
Abstract The Electric and Magnetic Field Instrument and Integrated Science (EMFISIS)
investigation on the NASA Radiation Belt Storm Probes (now named the Van Allen Probes) …

The interaction of ultra-low-frequency pc3-5 waves with charged particles in Earth's magnetosphere

Q Zong, R Rankin, X Zhou - Reviews of Modern Plasma Physics, 2017 - Springer
One of the most important issues in space physics is to identify the dominant processes that
transfer energy from the solar wind to energetic particle populations in Earth's inner …

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 …

Review of modeling of losses and sources of relativistic electrons in the outer radiation belt II: Local acceleration and loss

YY Shprits, DA Subbotin, NP Meredith… - Journal of atmospheric …, 2008 - Elsevier
This paper focuses on the modeling of local acceleration and loss processes in the outer
radiation belt. We begin by reviewing the statistical properties of waves that violate the first …

Energetic electron response to ULF waves induced by interplanetary shocks in the outer radiation belt

QG Zong, XZ Zhou, YF Wang, X Li… - Journal of …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Strong interplanetary shock interactions with the Earth's magnetosphere have great impacts
on energetic particle dynamics in the magnetosphere. An interplanetary shock on 7 …

The energization of relativistic electrons in the outer Van Allen radiation belt

Y Chen, GD Reeves, RHW Friedel - Nature Physics, 2007 - nature.com
The origin and dynamics of the Van Allen radiation belts is one of the longest-standing
questions of the space age, and one that is increasingly important for space applications as …

Review of modeling of losses and sources of relativistic electrons in the outer radiation belt I: Radial transport

YY Shprits, SR Elkington, NP Meredith… - Journal of Atmospheric …, 2008 - Elsevier
In this paper, we focus on the modeling of radial transport in the Earth's outer radiation belt.
A historical overview of the first observations of the radiation belts is presented, followed by …

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 global statistical response of the outer radiation belt during geomagnetic storms

KR Murphy, CEJ Watt, IR Mann… - Geophysical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Using the total radiation belt electron content calculated from Van Allen Probe phase space
density, the time‐dependent and global response of the outer radiation belt during storms is …

Relativistic electron loss timescales in the slot region

NP Meredith, RB Horne, SA Glauert… - Journal of …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Recent observations show that the decay rate of relativistic electrons measured at low
altitudes in the slot region at L= 2 is an order of magnitude shorter than theoretical estimates …