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ELECTRON SPEED DRIVERS. “The candidate processes that can account for acceleration of the magnetospheric electrons to relativistic energies can be divided into three major categories: radial diffusion, rapid transport by intense electric field pulses, and local heating via wave-particle interactions.” https://link.springer.com/article/10.12942/lrsp-2007-1 View in LinkedIn

WIND DRIVEN ELECTRONS. “This result was later augmented by the understanding that those high-speed streams that were coincident with southward interplanetary magnetic field were more efficient in enhancing the electron fluxes. As southward interplanetary field and high solar wind speed are the main drivers of magnetospheric storm activity, it is not surprising that the average electron flux levels trace geomagnetic activity.” https://link.springer.com/article/10.12942/lrsp-2007-1 View in LinkedIn

RIVERS OF ELECTRONS. “The relativistic electron intensity variations are driven by the solar wind and interplanetary magnetic field conditions. Early studies found a correlation between the relativistic electron flux enhancements and solar wind high speed streams.” https://link.springer.com/article/10.12942/lrsp-2007-1 View in LinkedIn

EVERYTHING CONNECTS. “The ring current ions affect the relativistic electron population through their influence on the field configuration and through their influence on wave development.” https://link.springer.com/article/10.12942/lrsp-2007-1 View in LinkedIn

MONSTER GYRES. “The magnetic field configuration is a key element in determining the adiabatic transport properties of both electrons and ions. The field configuration is determined by the large-scale current systems, in the inner magnetosphere mainly the ring current carried by energetic ions.” https://link.springer.com/article/10.12942/lrsp-2007-1 View in LinkedIn

SONIC RESONANCE. “Electromagnetic ion cyclotron (EMIC) waves in turn are excited near the duskside plasmapause as a result of cyclotron resonance with anisotropic ring current ions, and also interact with the van Allen belt electron population. Again, it is likely that more than one process is active in the inner magnetosphere during any given time.” https://link.springer.com/article/10.12942/lrsp-2007-1 View in LinkedIn

ECHO CHAMBER. “Lightning-induced whistler modes or man-made very low frequency (VLF) signals in the inner magnetosphere interact strongly with relativistic electrons.” https://link.springer.com/article/10.12942/lrsp-2007-1 View in LinkedIn