Potential Evidence of Low‐Energy Electron Scattering and Ionospheric Precipitation by Time Domain Structures

• Published in: Geophysical research letters Vol. 47; no. 16
• Main Authors: Shen, Yangyang, Artemyev, Anton, Zhang, Xiao‐Jia, Vasko, Ivan Y., Runov, Andrei, Angelopoulos, Vassilis, Knudsen, David
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington John Wiley & Sons, Inc 28.08.2020
• Subjects: Auroras; Broadband; Cyclotrons; Diffuse aurora; Electron cyclotron waves; electron holes; Electron precipitation; electron scattering; Electrons; Fluctuations; injections; Ionosphere; Low altitude; Magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling; Nonlinear waves; Outflow; Pitch (inclination); Plasma; plasma sheet precipitation; Precipitation; Scattering; Spacecraft; Structures; Time domain analysis; time domain structures

Plasma sheet electron precipitation is critical in magnetosphere‐ionosphere coupling and has long been attributed to electron scattering by whistler‐mode and electron cyclotron harmonic waves. Recent observations have revealed that time domain structures (TDSs) that appear as broadband electrostatic...