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On the Diffusion Rates of Electron Bounce Resonant Scattering by Magnetosonic Waves
Author(s) -
Maldonado Armando A.,
Chen Lunjin
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1002/2017gl076560
Subject(s) - physics , scattering , adiabatic invariant , gyroradius , adiabatic process , computational physics , electron , diffusion , pitch angle , van allen radiation belt , quantum electrodynamics , parametric statistics , radius , resonance (particle physics) , atomic physics , plasma , optics , geophysics , quantum mechanics , magnetosphere , statistics , mathematics , computer security , computer science
Magnetosonic waves have been demonstrated as effective for bounce resonant scattering. Electron scattering rates due to bounce resonance interaction with magnetosonic waves are derived in a general form, where the effects of the finite Larmor radius, of violation in the first adiabatic invariant, and of latitudinal wave power distribution are considered. Such bounce resonance diffusion coefficients are important, but missing, from radiation belt modeling. Additionally, we provide a parametric study on the electron energy and equatorial pitch angle, magnetosonic wave, and background parameters to identify the factors that determine effective bounce resonant scattering.