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Pitch-angle scattering of inner magnetospheric electrons caused by ECH waves obtained with the Arase satellite
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  • Mizuki Fukizawa,
  • Takeshi Sakanoi,
  • Yoshizumi Miyoshi,
  • Yoichi Kazama,
  • Yuto Katoh,
  • Yoshiya Kasahara,
  • Shoya Matsuda,
  • Satoshi Kurita,
  • Masafumi Shoji,
  • Mariko Teramoto,
  • Shun Imajo,
  • Iku Shinohara,
  • Shiang-Yu Wang,
  • Sunny W. Y. Tam,
  • Tzu-Fang Jocelyn Chang,
  • Bo-Jhou Wang,
  • Chae-Woo Jun
Mizuki Fukizawa
Tohoku University

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Takeshi Sakanoi
Tohoku University
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Yoshizumi Miyoshi
Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University
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Yoichi Kazama
Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics
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Yuto Katoh
Tohoku University
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Yoshiya Kasahara
Kanazawa University
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Shoya Matsuda
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
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Satoshi Kurita
Kyoto University
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Masafumi Shoji
Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University
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Mariko Teramoto
Kyushu Institute of Technology
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Shun Imajo
Nagoya University
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Iku Shinohara
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
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Shiang-Yu Wang
Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics
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Sunny W. Y. Tam
National Cheng Kung University
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Tzu-Fang Jocelyn Chang
National Cheng Kung University
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Bo-Jhou Wang
Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics
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Chae-Woo Jun
University of California Los Angeles
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Abstract

Electrostatic electron cyclotron harmonic (ECH) waves are generally excited in the magnetic equator region, in the midnight and the morning sectors during geomagnetically active conditions, and cause the pitch angle scattering by cyclotron resonance. The scattered electrons precipitate into the Earth’s atmosphere and cause auroral emission. However, there is no observational evidence that ECH waves actually scatter electrons into the loss cone in the magnetosphere. In this study, from simultaneous wave and particle observation data obtained by the Arase satellite equipped with a high-pitch angular resolution electron analyzer, we present evidence that the ECH wave intensity near the magnetic equator is correlated with an electron flux inside the loss cone with energy of about 5 keV. The simulation suggests that this electron flux contributes to auroral emission at 557.7 nm with intensity of about 200 R.
16 Dec 2020Published in Geophysical Research Letters volume 47 issue 23. 10.1029/2020GL089926