Simultaneous Observation of Whistler‐Mode Chorus and Fast Magnetosonic Waves During the Magnetic Peak in the Inner Magnetosphere

Autor: Zheng Huang, Zhigang Yuan, Xiongdong Yu, Dan Deng, Zuxiang Xue
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Geophysical Research Letters, Vol 50, Iss 16, Pp n/a-n/a (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1944-8007
0094-8276
DOI: 10.1029/2023GL104647
Popis: Abstract Simultaneous observations of whistler‐mode chorus and magnetosonic (MS) waves are reported within a magnetic peak in the inner magnetosphere for the first time. During the magnetic peak, Van Allen Probe A observes flux enhancements of both ring current electrons and relativistic electrons, while medium‐energy proton fluxes are reduced but high‐energy proton fluxes are raised. Those flux variations of ring current particles are almost concentrated in the perpendicular direction of the background magnetic field, leading to enhancements of the electron temperature anisotropy and a positive gradient of proton velocity distributions. The calculated linear growth rates show that unstable electrons with temperature anisotropic instabilities and unstable protons with ring distribution during the magnetic peak structure can provide free energy for the excitation of whistler‐mode chorus and MS waves, respectively. Our findings suggest that injected particles encountering the magnetic peak structure may form more complex unstable electron and ion distributions driving multiple instabilities simultaneously.
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