SM035
Radiation Belt Dynamics: Wave-Particle Interactions and Radiation Belt Modelling
Radiation Belt Dynamics: Wave-Particle Interactions and Radiation Belt Modelling
Session ID#: 76124
Session Description:
This session calls for observational, theoretical, or modelling studies of radiation belt wave-particle interactions that control the dynamical acceleration and loss processes of particles in the radiation belts and inner magnetosphere, especially encouraging work from the Van Allen Probes, MMS, ARASE, THEMIS, and Clustermissions.The dynamics of the radiation belts are not comprehensively understood yet despite its discovery 60 years ago. It is of great scientific and practical interest to predict the dynamics of the radiation belts to help improve space weather predictions, assisting the mitigation of hazardous space weather effects on spacecraft operations. Generally, it is understood that the radiation belt dynamics arise from a delicate balance between acceleration, transport, and loss processes. Numerical simulation studies of the radiation belts are important to understand the acceleration and loss of energetic particles. Therefore, radiation belt models require accurate knowledge of wave-particle interactions in the radiation belts and inner magnetosphere.
Index Terms:
2720 Energetic particles: trapped [MAGNETOSPHERIC PHYSICS]
2730 Magnetosphere: inner [MAGNETOSPHERIC PHYSICS]
2753 Numerical modeling [MAGNETOSPHERIC PHYSICS]
2774 Radiation belts [MAGNETOSPHERIC PHYSICS]
Primary Convener: Homayon Aryan, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10, United Kingdom
Conveners: Oleksiy V Agapitov, Space Science Laboratory, UCB, Berkeley, CA, United States, Lauren Blum, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States and David Malaspina, University of Colorado, Boulder, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, CO, United States
Primary Liaison: Homayon Aryan, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10, United Kingdom
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