Evolution of electron fluxes in the outer radiation belt computed with the VERB code

Details Evolution of electron fluxes in the outer radiation belt computed with the VERB code Evolution of electron fluxes in the outer radiation belt computed with the VERB code

Nov 2009

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009jgra..11411209s&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research, Volume 114, Issue A11, CiteID A11209

Physics

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Magnetospheric Physics: Radiation Belts, Magnetospheric Physics: Magnetic Storms And Substorms (7954), Magnetospheric Physics: Numerical Modeling, Magnetospheric Physics: Magnetosphere: Inner, Magnetospheric Physics: Energetic Particles: Trapped

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Three-dimensional simulations of the dynamics of outer radiation belt electrons with the recently developed Versatile Electron Radiation Belt (VERB) code are presented. Simulations are preformed for an idealized storm with geomagnetic activity-dependent wave amplitudes that are parameterized as a function of the level of geomagnetic activity. Numerical experiments using the VERB code with various scattering processes (pitch angle diffusion, radial diffusion, and energy diffusion) indicate that diffusive processes are strongly coupled with each other and that they all should be included in realistic simulations of the radiation belts. We show that during storms, inward radial diffusion can produce significant accelerations to relativistic energies, while pitch angle scattering and energy diffusion produce a decrease and an increase in fluxes, respectively. We show that in the presence of high-latitude and low-latitude chorus, peaks in the radial profile of phase space density are formed between L of 4 and 6 during the recovery phase of a storm and are later smoothed by radial diffusion. Sensitivity experiments show that geomagnetic control of wave intensities plays a controlling role in the dynamics of radiation belt electrons. Numerical simulations indicate that electrons of 10-100 keV near geosynchronous orbit can reach MeV energies in the heart of the radiation belts by combined radial diffusion and in situ acceleration. We present two scenarios of acceleration of the plasma sheet electrons: (1) in the range of hundreds of keV by means of radial diffusion and (2) in the range of tens of keV by means of radial diffusion combined with local acceleration.

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