Collaborative Research: Analysis and Modeling of Nonlinear Wave-Particle Interactions from the Siple Transmitter Experiment

1973年至1988年，在美国国家科学基金会的赞助下，在南极洲进行了单发射机实验，为科学研究人员提供了一个前所未有的机会来进行受控实验，以研究非线性波-粒子相互作用。极低频波是由南极斯普尔站发射机辐射到地球上的吗？在那里它们与辐射带中的高能电子相互作用。这种相互作用改变了波，放大了它们，并产生了新的上升和下降频率分量。 用地面无线电接收机在同一地磁场线的北方半球共扼点上观测到了这些修正波。 这些“触发”波与自然发生的“合唱”型波有相似之处，后者是空间天气过程的主要驱动力。这些数据被记录下来，后来根据空军研究实验室的数据保存奖进行了数字化。用现代技术分析这一遗留数据集，并将观测结果与最新的数值模型进行比较，将有助于解决空间气象研究中的突出问题。 哨声模式波是频率约为100 Hz-30 kHz的电磁波，在地球上观察到。的磁层，它们是显着影响高能电子在地球辐射带人口的主要因素之一。尽管几十年的积极研究，哨声波与高能电子在辐射带的相互作用的重要问题仍然没有得到解答，这使得我们不能可靠地预测的强度高能电子通量的辐射带。这些高能粒子流可能会严重影响地球静止轨道和低轨道上的航天器、空间站中的宇航员以及天基科学、军事和通信卫星。这个项目将研究以前从单发射机实验中积累的数据。这些数据的统计分析与数值模拟相结合，将被用来表征哨声波与高能粒子的非线性相互作用的动力学，重点是波的增长和新触发的排放的产生。这种数据分析将指导波粒相互作用的高级数值模拟，以了解所涉及的基本物理过程，例如自然发生的等离子体波（称为“合唱”和“嘶嘶声”）以及电磁离子回旋波的产生。该研究项目将通过两个学术机构之间的强有力合作加强研究和教育基础设施，并有助于培养研究生和本科生。

The Siple Transmitter Experiment, operated in Antarctica from 1973 to 1988 under sponsorship from the National Science Foundation, provided scientific researchers with a heretofore unmatched opportunity to perform controlled experiments to study nonlinear wave-particle interactions. Very low frequency waves radiated by the transmitter at the Antarctic Siple Station propagated into the Earth?s magnetosphere where they interacted with the energetic electrons in the Radiation Belts. This interaction modified the waves, amplifying them and generating new rising and falling frequency components. The modified waves were observed with radio receivers on the ground at the Northern Hemisphere conjugate points of the same geomagnetic field line. These "triggered" waves bear similarities to naturally occurring "chorus" type waves that are a major driver of space weather processes. The data were recorded and later digitized under the Air Force Research Laboratory data-preservation award. Analyzing this legacy dataset with modern techniques and comparing observations to the latest numerical models will help resolve outstanding issues in space weather research. Whistler-mode waves are the electromagnetic waves with frequency of about 100 Hz-30 kHz, observed in Earth?s magnetosphere, and they are one of the major factors significantly affecting the energetic electrons population in the Earth's Radiation Belts. Despite many decades of active research, important questions on the whistler waves interaction with energetic electrons in the Radiation Belts still remain unanswered, which does not allow us to predict reliably the intensity of energetic electron fluxes in the Radiation Belts. These fluxes of energetic particles may significantly affect spacecraft in the geostationary and low orbits, astronauts in the space station, as well space-based scientific, military, and communication satellites. This project will study previously accumulated collection of data from the Siple Transmitter Experiment. Statistical analysis of these data in combination with numerical simulations will be used to characterize the dynamics of nonlinear interactions of whistler waves with energetic particles, focusing on the wave growth and generation of newly triggered emissions. This data analysis will guide advanced numerical simulations of the wave-particle interactions in order to understand fundamental physical processes involved, such as generation of naturally occurring plasma waves called "chorus" and "hiss" and also electromagnetic ion cyclotron waves. This research project will enhance infrastructure for research and education through a strong collaboration between two academic institutions and contribute to the training of graduate and undergraduate students.