On the Nature of Intense Sub‐Relativistic Electron Precipitation
On the Nature of Intense Sub‐Relativistic Electron Precipitation
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论强亚相对论电子沉淀的本质
DOI:
10.1029/2022ja030571
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发表时间:
2022
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通讯作者:
Wilkins, C.
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作者:
Artemyev, A. V.;Zhang, X. ‐J.;Zou, Y.;Mourenas, D.;Angelopoulos, V.;Vainchtein, D.;Tsai, E.;Wilkins, C.
Energetic electron precipitation into Earth's atmosphere is an important process for radiation belt dynamics and magnetosphere‐ionosphere coupling. The most intense form of such precipitation is microbursts—short‐lived bursts of precipitating fluxes detected on low‐altitude spacecraft. Due to the wide energy range of microbursts (from sub‐relativistic to relativistic energies) and their transient nature, they are thought to be predominantly associated with energetic electron scattering into the loss cone via cyclotron resonance with field‐aligned intense whistler‐mode chorus waves. In this study, we show that intense sub‐relativistic microbursts may be generated via electron nonlinear Landau resonance with very oblique whistler‐mode waves. We combine a theoretical model of nonlinear Landau resonance, equatorial observations of intense very oblique whistler‐mode waves, and conjugate low‐altitude observations of <200 keV electron precipitation. Based on model comparison with observed precipitation, we suggest that such sub‐relativistic microbursts occur by plasma sheet (0.1 − 10 keV) electron trapping in nonlinear Landau resonance, resulting in acceleration to ≲200 keV energies and simultaneous transport into the loss cone. The proposed scenario of intense sub‐relativistic (≲200 keV) microbursts demonstrates the importance of very oblique whistler‐mode waves for radiation belt dynamics.
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影响因子:
5.2
作者:
X.‐J. Zhang;D. Mourenas;A. Artemyev;V. Angelopoulos;W. Kurth;C. Kletzing;G. Hospodarsky
通讯作者:
X.‐J. Zhang;D. Mourenas;A. Artemyev;V. Angelopoulos;W. Kurth;C. Kletzing;G. Hospodarsky
DOI:
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发表时间:
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影响因子:
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影响因子:
2.8
作者:
Mourenas, D.;Zhang, X. -J;Nunn, D.;Artemyev, A., V;Angelopoulos, V;Tsai, E.;Wilkins, C.
通讯作者:
Wilkins, C.
影响因子:
5.2
作者:
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通讯作者:
Horne, Richard B.