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Nonlinear resonant interactions of radiation belt electrons with intense whistler-mode waves
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Nonlinear resonant interactions of radiation belt electrons with intense whistler-mode waves

A. V Artemyev, D Mourenas, X. -J Zhang, O Agapitov, A. I Neishtadt, D. L Vainchtein, A. A Vasiliev, Q Ma, J Bortnik and V. V Krasnoselskikh
IACAPAP ArXiv (Online)
09 Oct 2024
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https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.07386View
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Abstract

Physics - Plasma Physics Physics - Space Physics
The dynamics of the Earth's outer radiation belt, filled by energetic electron fluxes, is largely controlled by electron resonant interactions with electromagnetic whistler-mode waves. The most coherent and intense waves resonantly interact with electrons nonlinearly, and the observable effects of such nonlinear interactions cannot be described within the frame of classical quasi-linear models. This paper provides an overview of the current stage of the theory of nonlinear resonant interactions and discusses different possible approaches for incorporating these nonlinear interactions into global radiation belt simulations. We focused on observational properties of whistler-mode waves and theoretical aspects of electron nonlinear resonant interactions between such waves and energetic electrons.

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