Physics
Scientific paper
Dec 2010
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2010agufmsm33c1910k&link_type=abstract
American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2010, abstract #SM33C-1910
Physics
[2700] Magnetospheric Physics
Scientific paper
We present multi-satellite observations of oblique, large amplitude radiation belt whistler-mode waves in conjunction with relativistic electron microbursts. The occurrence of microbursts in conjunction with coherent, large amplitude whistler-mode waves was first reported in 2008 using the STEREO-B and SAMPEX satellites. Recent examination of Wind data reveals the common occurrence of similar large amplitude whistler-mode waves. We review the STEREO/SAMPEX observations and present Wind/SAMPEX observations of microbursts in conjunction with very large amplitude whistlers. A test particle simulation shows that these large amplitude whistler-mode waves may rapidly accelerate electrons to MeV energies while at the same time scattering them into the loss cone. These results suggest a one-to-one connection between bursty, large amplitude radiation belt whistlers and subsecond enhancements in relativistic electron precipitation.
Blake J.
Breneman Aaron W.
Cattell Cynthia A.
Goetz Keith
Kellogg Paul J.
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