scholarly journals Modulation of chorus intensity by ULF waves deep in the inner magnetosphere

2016 ◽  
Vol 43 (18) ◽  
pp. 9444-9452 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhiyang Xia ◽  
Lunjin Chen ◽  
Lei Dai ◽  
Seth G. Claudepierre ◽  
Anthony A. Chan ◽  
...  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xuzhi Zhou ◽  
Li Li ◽  
Yoshiharu Omura ◽  
Qiugang Zong ◽  
Suiyan Fu ◽  
...  

<p>In the Earth's inner magnetosphere, charged particles can be accelerated and transported by ultralow frequency (ULF) waves via drift resonance. We investigate the effects of magnetospheric convection on the nonlinear drift resonance process, which provides an inhomogeneity factor S to externally drive the pendulum equation that describes the particle motion in the ULF wave  field. The S factor, defined as the ratio of the driving amplitude to the square of the pendulum trapping frequency, is found to vary with magnetic local time and as a consequence, oscillates quasi-periodically at the particle drift frequency. To better understand the particle behavior governed by the driven pendulum equation, we carry out simulations to obtain the evolution of electron distribution functions in energy and L-shell phase space. We find that resonant electrons can remain trapped by the low-m ULF waves under strong convection electric  field, whereas for high-m ULF waves, the electrons trajectories can be significantly modified. More interestingly, the electron drift frequency is close to the nonlinear trapping frequency for intermediate-m ULF waves, which corresponds to chaotic motion of resonant electrons. These  findings shed new light on the nature of particle coherent and diffusive transport in the inner magnetosphere.</p>


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marina Georgiou ◽  
Christos Katsavrias ◽  
Ioannis Daglis ◽  
Georgios Balasis

<p>Several observational studies have shown that ULF oscillations of the solar wind dynamic pressure can drive periodic fluctuations in magnetic field measurements at corresponding frequencies. In this study, we use multi-spacecraft (Cluster, GOES, THEMIS and Van Allen Probes) mission measurements to investigate the propagation of pressure fluctuations-driven pulsations within the Pc5 and Pc4 frequency range (from ~0.5 to 25 mHz) into the magnetosphere. During intervals of slow solar wind — to exclude waves generated by velocity shear at the magnetopause — common periodicities in electromagnetic fields in the magnetosphere and the solar wind driver are first detected in Lomb-Scargle periodograms. Then, using the cross-wavelet transform, we examine the causal relationship and specifically, in cross-wavelet spectra and wavelet transform coherence. Lastly, spatial and temporal variations of wave properties are mapped from beyond the magnetopause to the inner magnetosphere through frequency, polarisation and power signatures of waves detected at the various probes. The observed dependence of wave properties on their localisation offers an excellent source for verification of the role that solar wind dynamic pressure oscillations as driver of ULF waves propagating through the magnetosheath into the dayside and nightside magnetosphere.</p>


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harri Laakso

<p>In the inner magnetosphere there are sharp plasma boundaries that can cause resonance cavities. The four Cluster satellites move in a string-of-pearls configuration at perigee (at L=4-5) so that they are spatially well separated but their separation is still short that at least some of them are simultaneously at different positions inside the cavity. In the presence of cavity resonance of a half wavelength, all spacecraft inside the cavity observe the same wave mode in the same phase. In this talk we analyze and present a number of cavity resonances observed by the Cluster spacecraft. Typical observed mode frequencies are between 4 - 14 mHz, depending on the size of the cavity. It appears that the occurrence of cavity resonances is well correlated with changes in geomagnetic activity and they are quite common. They tend to occur at 12-16 MLT and 21-23 MLT. These ULF waves may have a significant impact on radiation belt particles as they cover a large L shell range.</p>


2015 ◽  
Vol 120 (6) ◽  
pp. 4748-4762 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lei Dai ◽  
Kazue Takahashi ◽  
Robert Lysak ◽  
Chi Wang ◽  
John R. Wygant ◽  
...  

2011 ◽  
Vol 56 (12) ◽  
pp. 1188-1201 ◽  
Author(s):  
QiuGang Zong ◽  
YongFu Wang ◽  
ChongJing Yuan ◽  
Biao Yang ◽  
ChenRui Wang ◽  
...  

Solar Physics ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 292 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
L. R. Alves ◽  
V. M. Souza ◽  
P. R. Jauer ◽  
L. A. da Silva ◽  
C. Medeiros ◽  
...  

2016 ◽  
Vol 121 (9) ◽  
pp. 8428-8447 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kazue Takahashi ◽  
Michael D. Hartinger ◽  
David M. Malaspina ◽  
Charles W. Smith ◽  
Kiyokazu Koga ◽  
...  

2019 ◽  
Vol 124 (10) ◽  
pp. 7954-7965 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jie Ren ◽  
Q. G. Zong ◽  
X. Z. Zhou ◽  
H. E. Spence ◽  
H. O. Funsten ◽  
...  

2017 ◽  
pp. 653-667
Author(s):  
L. R. Alves ◽  
V. M. Souza ◽  
P. R. Jauer ◽  
L. A. da Silva ◽  
C. Medeiros ◽  
...  

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