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DOI | 10.1029/2019GL083071 |
Rapid Electron Acceleration in Low-Density Regions of Saturn's Radiation Belt by Whistler Mode Chorus Waves | |
Woodfield, E. E.1; Glauert, S. A.1; Menietti, J. D.2; Averkamp, T. F.2; Horne, R. B.1; Shprits, Y. Y.3,4,5 | |
2019-07-16 | |
发表期刊 | GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS |
ISSN | 0094-8276 |
EISSN | 1944-8007 |
出版年 | 2019 |
卷号 | 46期号:13页码:7191-7198 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | England; USA; Germany |
英文摘要 | Electron acceleration at Saturn due to whistler mode chorus waves has previously been assumed to be ineffective; new data closer to the planet show it can be very rapid (factor of 104 flux increase at 1 MeV in 10 days compared to factor of 2). A full survey of chorus waves at Saturn is combined with an improved plasma density model to show that where the plasma frequency falls below the gyrofrequency additional strong resonances are observed favoring electron acceleration. This results in strong chorus acceleration between approximately 2.5 R-S and 5.5 R-S outside which adiabatic transport may dominate. Strong pitch angle dependence results in butterfly pitch angle distributions that flatten over a few days at 100s keV, tens of days at MeV energies which may explain observations of butterfly distributions of MeV electrons near L = 3. Including cross terms in the simulations increases the tendency toward butterfly distributions. Plain Language Summary Radiation belts are hazardous regions found around several of the planets in our Solar System. They consist of very hot, electrically charged particles trapped in the magnetic field of the planet. At Saturn the most important way to heat these particles has for many years been thought to involve the particles drifting closer toward the planet. This paper adds to the emerging idea at Saturn that a different way to heat the particles is also possible where the heating is done by waves, in a similar way to what we find at the Earth. We use recent information from the Cassini spacecraft on the number and location of particles and also of the waves strength and location combined with computer simulations to show that a particular wave called chorus is excellent at heating the particles where the surrounding number of cold particles is low. |
领域 | 气候变化 |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000476960100015 |
WOS关键词 | PITCH-ANGLE |
WOS类目 | Geosciences, Multidisciplinary |
WOS研究方向 | Geology |
引用统计 | |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/185034 |
专题 | 气候变化 |
作者单位 | 1.British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, England; 2.Univ Iowa, Dept Phys & Astron, Iowa City, IA 52242 USA; 3.GFZ German Res Ctr Geosci, Helmholtz Ctr Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany; 4.Univ Potsdam, Inst Phys & Astron, Potsdam, Germany; 5.Univ Calif Los Angeles, Dept Earth Planetary & Space Sci, Los Angeles, CA USA |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Woodfield, E. E.,Glauert, S. A.,Menietti, J. D.,et al. Rapid Electron Acceleration in Low-Density Regions of Saturn's Radiation Belt by Whistler Mode Chorus Waves[J]. GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS,2019,46(13):7191-7198. |
APA | Woodfield, E. E.,Glauert, S. A.,Menietti, J. D.,Averkamp, T. F.,Horne, R. B.,&Shprits, Y. Y..(2019).Rapid Electron Acceleration in Low-Density Regions of Saturn's Radiation Belt by Whistler Mode Chorus Waves.GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS,46(13),7191-7198. |
MLA | Woodfield, E. E.,et al."Rapid Electron Acceleration in Low-Density Regions of Saturn's Radiation Belt by Whistler Mode Chorus Waves".GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS 46.13(2019):7191-7198. |
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