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Modulation of the energetic electron distribution caused by toroidal mode ULF waves in association with periodic enhancement of whistler-mode chorus emissions
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  • Atsuhiro Ono,
  • Yuto Katoh,
  • Mariko Teramoto,
  • Tomoaki Hori,
  • Atsushi Kumamoto,
  • Fuminori Tsuchiya,
  • Yasumasa Kasaba,
  • Ko Isono,
  • Yoshizumi Miyoshi,
  • Satoshi Kasahara,
  • Yoshiya Kasahara,
  • Shoya Matsuda,
  • Satoko Nakamura,
  • Ayako Matsuoka,
  • Shoichiro Yokota,
  • Kunihiro Keika,
  • Takefumi Mitani,
  • Iku Shinohara
Atsuhiro Ono
Tohoku University
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Yuto Katoh
Tohoku University

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Mariko Teramoto
Kyushu Institute of Technology
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Tomoaki Hori
Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University
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Atsushi Kumamoto
Tohoku University
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Fuminori Tsuchiya
Tohoku University
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Yasumasa Kasaba
Tohoku University
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Ko Isono
Tohoku University
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Yoshizumi Miyoshi
Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University
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Satoshi Kasahara
The University of Tokyo
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Yoshiya Kasahara
Kanazawa University
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Shoya Matsuda
Kanazawa University
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Satoko Nakamura
Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University
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Ayako Matsuoka
Kyoto University
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Shoichiro Yokota
Graduate School of Science, Osaka University
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Kunihiro Keika
The University of Tokyo
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Takefumi Mitani
ISAS/JAXA
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Iku Shinohara
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
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Abstract

ERG/Arase satellite observations show a simultaneous enhancement of whistler-mode chorus emissions and electron flux associated with toroidal mode ultra-low frequency (ULF) waves. The satellite observed the intensification of both chorus emissions and electron flux in the energy range satisfying the cyclotron resonance condition during the westward oscillation phase of the toroidal mode ULF waves. A model for the observed periodic variations is proposed. We consider the modulation of the drift speed of energetic electrons to be the drift due to the radial component of the wave electric field and the ambient magnetic field . Assuming a wave phase variation of the toroidal mode ULF oscillation in the azimuthal direction, we expect the accumulation of energetic electrons at locations corresponding to a specific phase angle, consistent with the observed phase relationship.