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Article: Formation of Electron Butterfly Pitch Angle Distributions in Saturn's Magnetosphere Due To Scattering by Equatorial ECH Waves

TitleFormation of Electron Butterfly Pitch Angle Distributions in Saturn's Magnetosphere Due To Scattering by Equatorial ECH Waves
Authors
KeywordsECH waves
electron butterfly pitch angle distributions
Saturn's magnetosphere
wave-particle interactions
Issue Date2023
Citation
Geophysical Research Letters, 2023, v. 50, n. 19, article no. e2023GL105318 How to Cite?
AbstractThe features of electron pitch angle distributions (PADs) often imply different physical mechanisms in planetary magnetospheres. We report a simultaneous equatorial electrostatic electron cyclotron harmonic (ECH) wave event with butterfly PADs of electrons at L ∼ 7.6–9 observed by the Cassini spacecraft. Via calculating the bounce-averaged electron diffusion rates, we found that Saturnian ECH waves can resonate with ∼10 eV to several keV electrons at <60° pitch angles at time scales from ∼10−8 to 10−4 s−1. Simulations show that the formation of ∼100 eV to ∼1 keV electron butterfly PADs are mainly caused by the pitch angle scattering of electrons at low pitch angles (<30°) and the momentum scattering at intermediate pitch angles of ∼30°–45°, though previous studies suggested the adiabatic transport is the dominated mechanism. Additionally, our results successfully reproduce the variation of peak pitch angles (αp) and phase space density ratios between α90° and αp with L-shell.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/334993
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2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.850
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dc.contributor.authorLong, Minyi-
dc.contributor.authorCao, Xing-
dc.contributor.authorNi, Binbin-
dc.contributor.authorLou, Yuequn-
dc.contributor.authorYao, Zhonghua-
dc.contributor.authorRoussos, Elias-
dc.contributor.authorQin, Tianshu-
dc.contributor.authorWu, Siyuan-
dc.date.accessioned2023-10-20T06:52:18Z-
dc.date.available2023-10-20T06:52:18Z-
dc.date.issued2023-
dc.identifier.citationGeophysical Research Letters, 2023, v. 50, n. 19, article no. e2023GL105318-
dc.identifier.issn0094-8276-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/334993-
dc.description.abstractThe features of electron pitch angle distributions (PADs) often imply different physical mechanisms in planetary magnetospheres. We report a simultaneous equatorial electrostatic electron cyclotron harmonic (ECH) wave event with butterfly PADs of electrons at L ∼ 7.6–9 observed by the Cassini spacecraft. Via calculating the bounce-averaged electron diffusion rates, we found that Saturnian ECH waves can resonate with ∼10 eV to several keV electrons at <60° pitch angles at time scales from ∼10−8 to 10−4 s−1. Simulations show that the formation of ∼100 eV to ∼1 keV electron butterfly PADs are mainly caused by the pitch angle scattering of electrons at low pitch angles (<30°) and the momentum scattering at intermediate pitch angles of ∼30°–45°, though previous studies suggested the adiabatic transport is the dominated mechanism. Additionally, our results successfully reproduce the variation of peak pitch angles (αp) and phase space density ratios between α90° and αp with L-shell.-
dc.languageeng-
dc.relation.ispartofGeophysical Research Letters-
dc.subjectECH waves-
dc.subjectelectron butterfly pitch angle distributions-
dc.subjectSaturn's magnetosphere-
dc.subjectwave-particle interactions-
dc.titleFormation of Electron Butterfly Pitch Angle Distributions in Saturn's Magnetosphere Due To Scattering by Equatorial ECH Waves-
dc.typeArticle-
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dc.identifier.doi10.1029/2023GL105318-
dc.identifier.scopuseid_2-s2.0-85173557648-
dc.identifier.volume50-
dc.identifier.issue19-
dc.identifier.spagearticle no. e2023GL105318-
dc.identifier.epagearticle no. e2023GL105318-
dc.identifier.eissn1944-8007-
dc.identifier.isiWOS:001074653600001-

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