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Nonlinear processes in space plasmas and their effects on the generation and propagation of electromagnetic waves
 Hanzelka, Miroslav ; Santolík, Ondřej (advisor) ; Hellinger, Petr (referee) ; Rycroft, Michael J. (referee)
Nonlinear interactions of charged particles and large-amplitude waves have a signif- icant impact on magnetospheric dynamics. Here we focus on the cyclotron resonant interaction between energetic electrons and the discrete, whistler-mode chorus emissions in the Earth's outer radiation belt. The subject is introduced by an extensive review of whistler-mode dispersion properties, resonant electron trajectories and nonlinear wave- growth theories. We then present a new semi-empirical model of rising-tone chorus emis- sions with a fine subpacket structure. The model is then used in test-particle simulations to investigate nonlinear perturbations in hot electron distributions. Based on changes in electron fluxes, we estimate the resolution of spacecraft particle detectors required to detect the predicted perturbations. The test-particle method is further used to sim- ulate atmospheric precipitation of electrons caused by interaction with a single chorus wavepacket, and the result is put into connection with microbursts and pulsating auro- ras. We also detected a violation of the strong diffusion limit by the cyclotron resonant interaction, resulting in loss cone overfilling. 1
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Dependence of the Sweep Rate of Whistler-mode Chorus Emissions on the Plasma Density
 Macúšová, Eva ; Santolík, Ondřej ; Gurnett, D. A. ; Pickett, J. S. ; Nunn, D. ; Trakhtengerts, V. Y. ; Demekhov, A. G. ; Titova, E. E. ; Kozelov, V. ; Rycroft, M. J.
Whistler-mode chorus consists of intense electromagnetic wave packets generated by a nonlinear mechanism involving wave-particle interactions. Chorus wave packets are discrete frequency-time structures in a frequency range from a few hundreds of Hz to several kHz changing their frequency on a time scale from a few tenths of seconds to a few seconds. The source region of chorus emissions is localised close to the geomagnetic equatorial plane. Our investigation is based on multipoint measurements of the wideband (WBD) plasma wave instruments on board the four Cluster spacecraft. We investigate the sweep rate of the chorus frequency as a Whistler-mode chorus consists of intense electromagnetic wave packets generated by a nonlinear mechanism involving wave-particle interactions. Chorus wave packets are discrete frequency-time structures in a frequency range from a few hundreds of Hz to several kHz changing their frequency on a time scale from a few tenths of seconds to a few seconds. The source region of chorus emissions is localised close to the geomagnetic equatorial plane. Our investigation is based on multipoint measurements of the wideband (WBD) plasma wave instruments on board the four Cluster spacecraft. We investigate the sweep rate of the chorus frequency as a function of the cold plasma density in the equatorial plane and then we compare it A theoretical model, numerical simulations and also our preliminary results from the measurements predict an increasing sweep rate with decreasing cold plasma density.
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