Off-Equatorial Minima Effects on ULF Wave-Ion Interaction in the Dayside Outer MagnetosphereShow others and affiliations
2021 (English)In: Geophysical Research Letters, ISSN 0094-8276, E-ISSN 1944-8007, Vol. 48, no 18, article id e2021GL095648Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
The ultra-low frequency wave-particle drift-bounce resonance in the inner magnetosphere has been studied in detail, due to its important role in particle energization. However, it remains an open question how drift-bounce resonance manifests in the dayside outer magnetosphere, where particles' orbits show bifurcations because of off-equatorial magnetic field minima. In this study, we investigate this question, by analyzing Magnetospheric Multiscale observations of the January 20, 2017 event. A test-particle simulation is conducted to help us understand the observations. The observed pitch angle-time spectrograms show "pawtrack-like" structures. We find there are more than two resonant pitch angles at fixed energy, since off-equatorial minima change the relationship between the bounce (drift) frequency and pitch angle from unimodal function to trimodal function. These results reveal a new drift-bounce acceleration mechanism in the dayside outer magnetosphere, which potentially affects the efficiency of particle energization during geomagnetic activities like geomagnetic storms.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
American Geophysical Union (AGU) , 2021. Vol. 48, no 18, article id e2021GL095648
Keywords [en]
ultra-low frequency wave, wave-particle interaction, outer magnetosphere, particle acceleration, drift-bounce resonance, dayside magnetosphere
National Category
Fusion, Plasma and Space Physics
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-303941DOI: 10.1029/2021GL095648ISI: 000703685100070Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85115693977OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-303941DiVA, id: diva2:1605667
Note
QC 20211025
2021-10-252021-10-252022-06-25Bibliographically approved