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- Title
Multipoint Observations of Quasiperiodic Emission Intensification and Effects on Energetic Electron Precipitation.
- Authors
Jinxing Li; Bortnik, Jacob; Qianli Ma; Wen Li; Xiaochen Shen; Yukitoshi Nishimura; Xin An; Thaller, Scott; Breneman, Aaron; Wygant, John; Kurth, William S.; Hospodarsky, George B.; Hartley, David P.; Reeves, Geoffrey D.; Funsten, Herbert O.; Blake, J. Bernard; Spence, Harlan; Baker, Daniel N.
- Abstract
The two Van Allen Probes simultaneously recorded a coherently modulated quasiperiodic (QP) emission that persisted for 3 h. The magnetic field pulsation at the locations of the two satellites showed a substantial difference, and their frequencies were close to but did not exactly match the repetition frequency of QP emissions for most of the time, suggesting that those coherent QP emissions probably originated from a common source, which then propagated over a broad area in the magnetosphere. The QP emissions were amplified by local anisotropic electron distributions, and their large-scale amplitudes were modulated by the plasma density. A novel observation of this event is that chorus waves at frequencies above QP emissions exhibit a strong correlation with QP emissions. Those chorus waves intensified when the QP emissions reach their peak frequency. This indicates that embryonic QP emissions may be critical for its own intensification as well as chorus waves under certain circumstances. A Low-Earth-Orbit POES satellite observed enhanced energetic electron precipitation in conjunction with the Van Allen Probes, providing direct evidence that QP emissions precipitate energetic electrons into the atmosphere. This scenario is quantitatively confirmed by our quasilinear diffusion simulation results.
- Subjects
ELECTRON precipitation; MAGNETIC fields; MAGNETOSPHERE; ELECTRON distribution; PLASMA density
- Publication
Journal of Geophysical Research. Space Physics, 2021, Vol 126, Issue 2, p1
- ISSN
2169-9380
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1029/2020JA028484