Whistlers observed outside the plasmasphere: Correlation to plasmaspheric/plasmapause features and implications for the scattering of radiation-belt electrons

Details Whistlers observed outside the plasmasphere: Correlation to plasmaspheric/plasmapause features and implications for the scattering of radiation-belt electrons Whistlers observed outside the plasmasphere: Correlation to plasmaspheric/plasmapause features and implications for the scattering of radiation-belt electrons

Dec 2007

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2007agufmsm21a0321a&link_type=abstract

American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2007, abstract #SM21A-0321

Physics

2716 Energetic Particles: Precipitating, 2730 Magnetosphere: Inner, 2768 Plasmasphere, 2772 Plasma Waves And Instabilities (2471)

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Magnetospherically reflected, lightning-generated whistler waves are an important potential contributor to pitch- angle scattering loss processes of the electron radiation belts. While lightning-generated whistlers are a common feature at, and just inside, the plasmapause, they are infrequently observed outside the plasmasphere. As such, their potential contribution to outer radiation belt loss processes is more tenuous. Recently, Platino et al. [2005] has reported on whistlers observed outside the plasmasphere by Cluster. Here, we present correlative global observations of the plasmasphere, for the reported periods of Cluster-observed whistlers outside the plasmasphere, using IMAGE-EUV data. The intent of this study is to seek the underlying mechanisms that result in whistlers outside the plasmasphere and consequently the anticipated morphology and significance these waves may have on radiation belt dynamics.

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