Energy‐Resolved Detection of Precipitating Electrons of 30–100 keV by a Sounding Rocket Associated With Dayside Chorus Waves

Whistler mode chorus waves scatter magnetospheric electrons and cause precipitation into the Earth's atmosphere. Previous measurements showed that nightside chorus waves are indeed responsible for diffuse/pulsating aurora. Although chorus waves and electron precipitation have also been detected...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of geophysical research. Space physics 2021-03, Vol.126 (3), p.n/a
Hauptverfasser: Sugo, S., Kawashima, O., Kasahara, S., Asamura, K., Nomura, R., Miyoshi, Y., Ogawa, Y., Hosokawa, K., Mitani, T., Namekawa, T., Sakanoi, T., Fukizawa, M., Yagi, N., Fedorenko, Y., Nikitenko, A., Yokota, S., Keika, K., Hori, T., Koehler, C.
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Zusammenfassung:Whistler mode chorus waves scatter magnetospheric electrons and cause precipitation into the Earth's atmosphere. Previous measurements showed that nightside chorus waves are indeed responsible for diffuse/pulsating aurora. Although chorus waves and electron precipitation have also been detected on the dayside, their link has not been illustrated (or demonstrated) in detail compared to the nightside observations. Conventional low‐altitude satellite observations do not well resolve the energy range of 10–100 keV, hampering verification on resonance condition with chorus waves. In this paper we report observations of energetic electrons with energies of 30–100 keV that were made by the electron sensor installed on the NASA's sounding rocket RockSat‐XN. It was launched from the Andøya Space Center on the dayside (MLT ∼ 11 h) at the L‐value of ∼7 on January 13, 2019. Transient electron precipitation was observed at ∼50 keV with the duration of
ISSN:2169-9380
2169-9402
DOI:10.1029/2020JA028477