Hiss waves in the inner magnetosphere: Density dependence and a diversity of forms

David M. Malaspina, Jean Francois Ripoll, Xiangning Chu, Alexander Drozdov, Hui Zhu, George Hospodarsky, John Wygant

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Abstract

Hiss is the name given to the collection of incoherent whistler-mode waves that populate the near-Earth region in and around the plasmasphere, a cold plasma torus about Earth. Hiss waves scatter electrons in pitch angle over a broad energy range, often causing them to be lost from the inner magnetosphere and deposited into the upper atmosphere. The persistent electron scattering and loss driven by hiss waves is important to the dynamics of the inner magnetosphere and radiation belts. These waves determine the shape of the Earthward edge of the radiation belts and are largely responsible for the formation of the gap between electron radiation belts (the slot region).

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 2019 21st International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications, ICEAA 2019
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages94
Number of pages1
ISBN (Electronic)9781728105635
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2019
Event21st International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications, ICEAA 2019 - Granada, Spain
Duration: Sep 9 2019Sep 13 2019

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 2019 21st International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications, ICEAA 2019

Conference

Conference21st International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications, ICEAA 2019
Country/TerritorySpain
CityGranada
Period9/9/199/13/19

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