Investigations of Mechanisms and Effects of Wave-Particle Interactions Using Data from Siple Station, Antarctica, VLF Wave-Injection Experiments

该奖项提供资金，用于分析由 研究人员从一个积极的实验，注入非常低的 甚低频（VLF）无线电波进入地球的磁层， 南极洲，西普尔站。 接收器测量丰富多样 发现的现象位于Siple和Lake 魁北克的密斯蒂西尼。 此外，还测量了VLF波 在一些卫星上。 目前，地铁站已经关闭。 然而，运行了近20年的Siple发射机， 提供了一个丰富的数据仓库， 被剥削 本研究的主要目的是研究 人工发射的甚低频波与 这些被捕获的高能粒子构成了 磁层（货车艾伦）辐射带，特别是 更好地理解VLF相互作用如何被放大 磁层以及它们如何导致 高能粒子进入大气层，从而控制 粒子群

This award provides funds for the analysis of data acquired by the investigators from an active experiment that injected very low frequency (VLF) radio waves in to the Earth's magentosphere from Siple Station, Antarctica. Receivers to measure the rich variety of phenomena discovered were located at Siple and at Lake Mistissini, Quebec. In addition, the VLF waves were also measured on a number of satellites. Siple Station has now been closed; however, the Siple transmitter, operated for nearly twenty years, provides a rich storehouse of data that remains to be fully exploited. The main thrust of this research is to study the interaction of the artificially launched VLF waves with the population of trapped energetic particles that make up the magnetospheric (Van Allen) radiation belts, and in particular to better understand how VLF interactions can be amplified by the magnetosphere and how they can cause the precipitation of energetic particles into the atmosphere and thereby control the particle population.