Estimating relativistic electron pitch angle scattering rates using properties of the electromagnetic ion cyclotron wave spectrum

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Apr 2006

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2006jgra..11104220l&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research, Volume 111, Issue A4, CiteID A04220

Physics

Plasma Physics

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Magnetospheric Physics: Radiation Belts, Magnetospheric Physics: Magnetic Storms And Substorms (7954), Space Plasma Physics: Wave/Particle Interactions (2483, 6984), Magnetospheric Physics: Magnetosphere: Inner, Space Weather: Space Radiation Environment

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An EMIC wave event observed by the CRRES spacecraft during an active period on 11 August 1991 was studied in order to estimate electron minimum interaction kinetic energy Emin and using quasilinear theory, to calculate the resonant scattering rate Dαα. The wave packet semibandwidth δω/2π full-width half maximum ranged from 0.06 Hz to 0.27 Hz. Resonant scattering was assumed to occur over the frequency interval ωm - δω to ωm + δω. Assuming typical stormtime ion concentrations, the use of realistic wave spectral properties when compared to only using the central wave frequency ωm results in 3 to 4 times as many wave packets that are able to interact with relativistic electrons below ~2 MeV. Values of Dαα associated with two of the wave packets, where Emin falls to within the 1-2 MeV energy range, were comparable to the limit of strong diffusion suggesting enhanced electron precipitation. CRRES observed an ~1 order of magnitude decrease in the 1-2 MeV electron flux levels during the EMIC wave interval. It is suggested that this flux decrease was due to EMIC waves pitch angle scattering the relativistic electrons. The EMIC waves were observed near the start of the main phase of a geomagnetic storm. This study strengthens the suggestion that relativistic electron scattering by EMIC waves can compete with the Dst effect as a mechanism of decreasing relativistic electron fluxes from the outer zone during magnetic storms.

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