Amplification of whistler waves for the precipitation of trapped relativistic electrons in the magnetosphere

• Published in: IEEE transactions on plasma science Vol. 32; no. 2; pp. 362 - 369
• Main Authors: Kuo, S.P., Kossey, P., Huynh, J.T., Kuo, S.S.
• Format: Journal Article Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY IEEE 01.04.2004; Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Astronomy; Atmosphere; Belts; Chaos; Charge carrier processes; Earth, ocean, space; Electromagnetic waves (e.g., electron-cyclotron, whistler, bernstein, upper hybrid, lower hybrid); Electron traps; Electrons; Exact sciences and technology; Fundamental aspects of astrophysics; Fundamental astronomy and astrophysics. Instrumentation, techniques, and astronomical observations; Geology; Geomagnetism; Ionosphere; Magnetism; Magnetohydrodynamics and plasmas; Magnetosphere; Physics; Physics of gases, plasmas and electric discharges; Physics of plasmas and electric discharges; Scattering; Tail; Waves, oscillations, and instabilities in plasmas and intense beams; Energy distribution; Digital simulation; Theoretical study; Relativistic electron; Plasma diffusion; Geomagnetic equator; Equations of motion; Loss cone; Whistler wave; Earth magnetosphere; Experimental result; Plasma instability; Trapped electrons; Particle scattering; Ionosphere; Chaotic systems

Energetic electrons trapped in the radiation belts undergo bounce motion about the geomagnetic equator. The behaviors of the trajectories of these electrons interacting with a large amplitude whistler wave are explored, with the electron energy and wave amplitude as variable parameters. A surface of...