Multi-band Whistler-mode Chorus Emissions Observed by the Cluster Spacecraft

0396493 - ÚFA 2014 RIV CZ eng C - Conference Paper (international conference)
Macúšová, Eva - Santolík, Ondřej
Multi-band Whistler-mode Chorus Emissions Observed by the Cluster Spacecraft.
WDS'11 Proceedings of Contributed Papers: Part II – Physics of Plasmas and Ionized Media. Praha: Matfyzpress, 2011, s. 91-96. ISBN 978-80-7378-185-9.
[WDS 2011 - Annual Conference of Doctoral Students /20./. Prague (CZ), 31.05.2011-03.06.2011]
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z30420517
Keywords : Cluster spacecraft * Whistler-mode chorus emissions
Subject RIV: BL - Plasma and Gas Discharge Physics
http://www.mff.cuni.cz/veda/konference/wds/proc/pdf11/WDS11_215_f2_Macusova.pdf

Whistler-mode chorus emissions are one of the most significant mechanisms causing the acceleration of electrons in the outer Van Allen radiation belt to relativistic energies. They consist of individual wave packets divided into two frequency bands separated close to the source region by a gap at 1/2 of the electron cyclotron frequency (fce). This configuration is called banded chorus and it is correlated with magnetic activity. Landau damping is one of the possible explanations describing the existence of the gap. On the other hand, the role of ducts in its formation was also discussed. We present several events of chorus combined with noisy or shapeless chorus-like emissions that are arranged in three or more frequency bands with two or more gaps and are observed mostly in a magnetic latitude range from 3 to 10 degrees on the both sides of the equator. We investigate possible influences of the magnetic local time (MLT), the Kp index, the McIlwain parameter and the plasma density on the formation of these multi-band emissions.
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