The Role of Plasma Waves In Planetary Magnetospheres (Invited)

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Dec 2009

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American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2009, abstract #SM43C-01

Physics

[2756] Magnetospheric Physics / Planetary Magnetospheres, [2772] Magnetospheric Physics / Plasma Waves And Instabilities, [2774] Magnetospheric Physics / Radiation Belts

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After more than fifty years of study, we now know that there are many different types of plasma waves in planetary magnetospheres. Some of these are relatively weak and are mainly of interest because of the role they play in plasma diagnostics. However, there are a few that grow to very high intensities, so high that they play a crucial role in determining the basic properties of the magnetospheric plasma. Of these, whistler-mode emissions generated in planetary radiation belts are among the most important. In this presentation I will give an overview of whistler-mode emissions in planetary magnetospheres, including recent studies that show that one particular type, called chorus, plays a crucial role not only in controlling the loss of radiation belt electrons, but also in accelerating electrons to the very high relativistic energies.

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