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The principal role of chorus ducting for night-side relativistic electron precipitation
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  • Ning Kang,
  • Anton V Artemyev,
  • Jacob Bortnik,
  • Xiao-Jia Zhang,
  • Vassilis Angelopoulos
Ning Kang
University of California, Los Angeles

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Anton V Artemyev
UCLA IGPP
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Jacob Bortnik
University of California Los Angeles
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Xiao-Jia Zhang
The University of Texas at Dallas
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Vassilis Angelopoulos
University of California Los Angeles
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Abstract

Night-side chorus waves are often observed during plasma sheet injections, typically confined around the equator and thus potentially responsible for precipitation of $\lesssim 100 keV$ electrons. However, recent low-altitude observations have revealed the critical role of chorus waves in scattering relativistic electrons on the night-side. This study presents a night-side relativistic electron precipitation event induced by chorus waves at the strong diffusion regime, as observed by the ELFIN CubeSats. Through event-based modeling of wave propagation under ducted or unducted regimes, we show that a density duct is essential for guiding chorus waves to high latitudes with minimal damping, thus enabling the strong night-side relativistic electron precipitation. These findings underline both the existence and the important role of density ducts in facilitating night-side relativistic electron precipitation.
21 May 2024Submitted to ESS Open Archive
28 May 2024Published in ESS Open Archive