Electrostatic waves stimulated by coherent VLF signals propagating in and near the inner radiation belt

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Electrostatic Waves, Inner Radiation Belt, Wave Excitation, Whistlers, Bandwidth, International Sun Earth Explorer 1, Very Low Frequencies, Wave Propagation, Wave Scattering

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The excitation of electrostatic waves by whistler-mode VLF signals propagating along magnetic-field lines in and near the earth's inner radiation belt is examined on the basis of ISEE-1 observations obtained during July-December 1983. The data are presented in extensive graphs and characterized in detail. The effect is seen in about 60 percent of the ISEE-1 orbits penetrating the belt and for signals originating in both hemispheres, with an electrostatic-wave effective bandwidth roughly proportional to the local magnetic-field strength. These results are interpreted in terms of a theoretical model in which scattering of the VLF waves off magnetic-field-aligned plasma density irregularities is followed by particle pitch-angle scattering and precipitation in the radiation belt; the latter effect could then produce new irregularities via a feedback mechanism.

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