Electron Precipitation Observed by ELFIN Using Proton Precipitation as a Proxy for Electromagnetic Ion Cyclotron (EMIC) Waves
| Autor: | Capannolo, Luisa, Li, Wen, Ma, Qianli, Qin, Murong, Shen, Xiao-Chen, Angelopoulos, Vassilis, Artemyev, Anton, Zhang, Xiao-Jia, Hanzelka, Mirek |
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| Rok vydání: | 2023 |
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| Druh dokumentu: | Working Paper |
| DOI: | 10.1029/2023GL103519 |
| Popis: | Electromagnetic Ion Cyclotron (EMIC) waves can drive radiation belt depletion and Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites can detect the resulting electron and proton precipitation. The ELFIN (Electron Losses and Fields InvestigatioN) CubeSats provide an excellent opportunity to study the properties of EMIC-driven electron precipitation with much higher energy and pitch-angle resolution than previously allowed. We collect EMIC-driven electron precipitation events from ELFIN observations and use POES (Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites) to search for 10s-100s keV proton precipitation nearby as a proxy of EMIC wave activity. Electron precipitation mainly occurs on localized radial scales (0.3 L), over 15-24 MLT and 5-8 L shells, stronger at MeV energies and weaker down to 100-200 keV. Additionally, the observed loss cone pitch-angle distribution agrees with quasilinear predictions at >250 keV (more filled loss cone with increasing energy), while additional mechanisms are needed to explain the observed low-energy precipitation. Comment: This manuscript has been accepted by Geophysical Research Letters in June 2023, currently pending publication. The version here is the accepted version |
| Databáze: | arXiv |
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