哨声模波对高能电子槽区和外辐射带的调节作用

本文利用磁层哨声模嘶声和合声波的幅度分布模型、近赤道背景电子(能量在eV量级)的数密度分布模型和IGRF10磁场模型建立了一个高能电子(能量大于50 keV)准线性扩散模型.模型的数值结果表明,在不同的地磁条件下,等离子体层顶位置的变化改变了磁层背景电子数密度的空间分布,从而改变了哨声模嘶声对高能电子有效的投掷角扩散（损失）区域,同时也改变了哨声模合声波对高能电子有效的动量扩散（加速）区域.哨声模嘶声对电子投掷角扩散区域的变化和RRES卫星探测到的高能电子的槽区变化是一致的,而合声波对电子的动量扩散区域的变化和卫星探测到外辐射带的变化相同.这种对应关系说明：在不同的地磁条件下,哨声模波对高能电子扩散区域的变化是造成高能电子槽区和外辐射带的空间位置和大小变化的一个重要因素.在一些强磁暴期间,由于嘶声对部分能量范围电子的投掷角扩散作用消失,这些电子的槽区也随之消失,从而使内外辐射带连接在一起.     

磁层相对论电子通量变化与磁暴/亚暴的关系

本文分析了1 AU处的行星际磁场、太阳风速度、Kp指数、Dst和AE的变化关系，以及它们和地球同步轨道附近相对论电子通量的变化关系.分析说明，当行星际磁场Bz分量出现南向扰动和太阳风速度增大超过500 km/s时，地球磁层中常常发生磁暴/亚暴活动.在磁暴主相期间，相对论电子(能量E≥1 MeV)通量下降；而在磁暴恢复相期间，相对论电子通量恢复上升.但是，只有在伴随有高强度（AE≥500 nT）的持续性亚暴活动的磁暴恢复相期间，相对论电子的通量才能增长到超过暴前通量值，且能量低于300 keV的亚暴电子的通量越高，相对论电子的通量越高，反之则越低.亚暴注入电子数的多少很大程度上决定了磁暴恢复相期间相对论电子数的多少，这说明亚暴活动注入能量低于300 keV的亚暴电子是磁层相对论电子的一个重要来源.     

基于NOAA/POES卫星观测的磁层相对论电子起源的初探

本文利用低高度极轨卫星NOAA/POES的观测数据，并结合ACE卫星和Polar卫星的观测结果，研究分析了磁层相对论电子的起源. NOAA/POES卫星对于不同地磁活动时期相对论电子的分布和起源进行了较为详细观测, 分析结果表明（1） 亚暴期间注入磁层的能量电子可以为与磁暴相关的磁层高能电子暴提供种子电子；（2）太阳质子事件期间太阳风中的能量电子也可以为磁层中的相对论电子提供所需要的源.     

电离层人工调制激发的VLF波在磁层的传播特性及应用研究

电离层人工调制可以激发甚低频（VLF）波,其中向上传播进入磁层的VLF波,不但能够用来研究磁层中的各种物理现象,且具有人工沉降高能粒子,消除辐射带等实际用途.本文使用射线追踪方法,模拟电离层调制激发的VLF波在磁层的传播路径,分析激发纬度和调制频率对传播路径和传播特性的影响;并基于低频波的色散方程和波粒共振条件,分析VLF波传播路径上与磁层高能粒子的最低共振能及其分布.研究表明,VLF波通过在磁层来回反射向更高的L-shell传播,最终稳定在某一L-shell附近.以较低的调制频率或者从较高的纬度激发的VLF波能够传播到更高的L-shell,但是,当激发纬度过高时,低频波也可能不发生磁层反射而直接进入电离层和大气层.低频波在磁层的传播过程中,在较高的纬度或者较低的L-shell能够与较高能量的电子发生共振相互作用,在较高的L-shell并且低纬地区,能够与较低能量的电子发生共振相互作用.共振谐数越高,能发生波粒共振的电子能量越高.     

2000年7月14日太阳高能粒子事件引起地球同步轨道区相对论电子通量巨幅增加

2000年7月14日10:24UT一个X5.6级的耀斑暴发生在太阳中心子午线附近(AR 9077), 同时伴随着一个朝向地球的CME事件及太阳高能粒子(Solar Energetic Particle, SEP)事件. 这次耀斑暴发及CME事件引起了地球磁层、电离层及高层大气的强烈扰动. 中国“风云二号(B)”卫星上的高能粒子探测器(EPD)观测到SEP事件期间, 同步轨道区高能质子、相对论电子有非常剧烈的增加. SEP期间, 高能质子对相对论电子通量的探测造成严重的污染. 结合“风云二号(B)”卫星上的高能粒子探测器(EPD)的特性, 建立了一种从相对论电子通量探测中“清除”高能质子“污染”的方法, 并对相对论电子通量的探测数据实施“清洁”处理. “纯净的”相对论电子通量探测结果显示, 当行星际磁场南向时, 上游太阳风中的高能电子使同步轨道区相对论电子通量有大幅度的增加.     

同步轨道相对论电子通量长期倒空事件的统计研究

地球辐射带中有"杀手"电子之称的相对论电子通量增强和损失过程一直是空间物理学和空间天气学研究的热点.本文通过对20002016年间,地球同步轨道相对论电子通量降低至背景通量水平并持续时间长达3天以上这一特殊现象进行了相关统计研究.从事件的时间分布角度,本文研究了约1.5个太阳活动周内共62例事件随太阳活动水平高低的分布情况,结果表明:在太阳活动周下降期有较少的事件发生,而在峰年、谷年这类事件的发生率与太阳活动水平的高低并没有直接联系.随后,我们对这62例事件在开始、持续、结束三个阶段分别做了一些相关参数的统计,探讨相对论电子通量长期倒空事件的客观规律和产生机制.研究结果表明:事件发生前,太阳风动压、密度的显著增加引起磁层顶向内收缩,等离子体层顶一直维持在高L区域,IMF Bz分量南向和磁暴过程使相对论电子通量通过绝热和非绝热等物理损失机制降至背景通量水平.当这些相对论电子达到背景通量水平后,较弱的太阳风条件和地磁活动水平不足以提供充分的可以使相对论电子通量增长的源;虽然有些相对论电子通量长期倒空事件期间存在中、小磁暴过程,但这些强度较弱的磁暴很可能不会显著地影响同步轨道相对论电子损失和增长的动态平衡,因此相对论电子仍然可以维持在背景通量水平.如果有长时间的亚暴活动和高强度的ULF (Ultra-Low Frequency)波活动发生,太阳风速度显著增加,那么这些物理过程能提供足够的种子电子和持续的加速条件,使得相对论电子通量打破倒空状态,进而呈现显著增长趋势.     

甚低纬哨声低电离层透射过程的数值模拟

利用全波解算法模拟哨声波束在甚低纬地区黎明前低电离层透射的三维能量分布，依据波场能量和偏振分布及其对波参量和电子浓度剖面的依赖特征，分析了哨声透射、反射及与大地－电离层波导耦合过程．结果表明，哨声模波存在于９０ｋｍ以上高度，吸收、反射、波束扩展及波模转换主要发生于电离层底部８０－９０ｋｍ区间；到达地面的透射能量密度衰减２０ｄＢ以上，透射衰减随频率变化不大，但随波入射角呈不对称变化；距透射区１５０ｋｍ以外区域的测向方位角有很大偏差；入射波能量的很少一部分（对５ｋＨｚ约为－２５ｄＢ）被反射并激发起哨声模波，反射波束能量集中于入射波束附近，并随频率下降而迅速增强．计算也表明，地面接收到的甚低纬哨声回波可能与使回波向极侧偏移的电离纬向梯度有关．     

磁场重联中电子加速问题的物理分析和数值研究

观测表明耀斑中电子加速发生在软X射线耀斑环上方的磁重联区域.在重联电流片中被super Dreicer电场直接加速似乎是产生能量在10keV～10MeV之间高能电子的最直接的方式.本文的结果证明纵向电磁场可以有效地将电子“锁”在重联电流片上，使得横向电场得以直接加速电子.对于解释产生相对论性粒子的脉冲式耀斑，这可能是一个有效的机制.     

利用地磁脉动预报地球同步轨道相对论电子通量的方法研究

本文利用低纬地磁台站的Pi1、Pi2地磁脉动（Pi1-2）资料和地球同步轨道的Pc5地磁脉动资料,对2004年1月到2006年12月38个磁暴事件的地磁脉动参数进行了统计分析.在此基础上,考虑相对论电子的局部加速机制,并加入损失机制,建立了一个初步的磁暴期间地球同步轨道相对论电子通量对数值的预报模型.利用该模型,我们对上述38个磁暴事件进行预报试验,最优化结果是：相对论电子通量对数值的预测值和观测值之间的线性相关系数为0.82,预报效率为0.67.这说明该模式具有较好的预报效果,也表明利用地磁脉动参数进行相对论电子通量预报是可行的.     

不同能谱沉降电子对极区电离层的影响

利用极区电离层自洽模型,考虑沉降电子引起的电离,计算了极区电离层的高度积分电导率和F层电子浓度,模拟了不同能谱分布的沉降电子对极区电离层的影响.研究发现不同能谱分布沉降电子对电离层电导率的影响不大,在能通量一定的情况下,平均能量是影响电导率大小的决定因素.而能谱对F层电子密度影响较大,随着平均能量的增加,能谱对电子浓度的影响越显著.在平均能量大于1 keV（甚至更低）时,修正的麦克斯韦分布谱能明显地增强F层电子浓度.     

Resonant enhancement of relativistic electron fluxes during geomagnetically active periods

The strong increase in the flux of relativistic electrons during the recovery phase of magnetic storms and during other active periods is investigated with the help of Hamiltonian formalism and simulations of test electrons which interact with whistler waves. The intensity of the whistler waves is enhanced significantly due to injection of 10–100 keV electrons during the substorm. Electrons which drift in the gradient and curvature of the magnetic field generate the rising tones of VLF whistler chorus. The seed population of relativistic electrons which bounce along the inhomogeneous magnetic field, interacts resonantly with the whistler waves. Whistler wave propagating obliquely to the magnetic field can interact with energetic electrons through Landau, cyclotron, and higher harmonic resonant interactions when the Doppler-shifted wave frequency equals any (positive or negative) integer multiple of the local relativistic gyrofrequency. Because the gyroradius of a relativistic electron may be the order of or greater than the perpendicular wavelength, numerous cyclotron, harmonics can contribute to the resonant interaction which breaks down the adiabatic invariant. A similar process diffuses the pitch angle leading to electron precipitation. The irreversible changes in the adiabatic invariant depend on the relative phase between the wave and the electron, and successive resonant interactions result in electrons undergoing a random walk in energy and pitch angle. This resonant process may contribute to the 10–100 fold increase of the relativistic electron flux in the outer radiation belt, and constitute an interesting relation between substorm-generated waves and enhancements in fluxes of relativistic electrons during geomagnetic storms and other active periods.     

Efficiency of electron acceleration in the Earth’s magnetosphere by whistler mode waves

The efficiency of energetic electron cyclotron acceleration in the Earth’s magnetosphere in different regimes of electron resonant interaction with parallel propagating whistler mode waves of variable frequency, specifically, with chorus ELF-VLF emissions, is considered. The regime of stochastic acceleration, typical of the interaction between particles and noise-like emissions, and particle acceleration in the regime of nonlinear trapping by a quasimonochromatic wave field are discussed. The specific feature of the latter regime consists in its non-diffuse character, i.e., the definite sign of the energy variation depending on the frequency variation in the wave packet. The trapped electron energy becomes higher if frequency increases within an element, which is typical of chorus emissions. For the parameters typical of chorus emissions (the amplitude of a wave magnetic field B _～ = 10² nT, the initial frequency ω ～ 0.3ω _H , and the frequency variation &;Dω ～ 0.15ω _H , where ω _H is the electron gyrofrequency), the energy increase during one act of such an interaction at L = 4?5 exceeds the rms variation in the energy of untrapped electron (during stochastic acceleration) by one-two orders of magnitude. The estimates indicate that a considerable fraction (several tens of percent) of the chorus element energy can be absorbed by electrons accelerated in the trapping regime during a single hop.     

Electron acceleration in the magnetosphere by whistler-mode waves of varying frequency

Acceleration of relativistic electrons in an inhomogeneous geomagnetic field during their resonant interaction with longitudinally propagating whistler-mode waves of varying frequency has been considered. Specific features of acceleration of electrons trapped by the wave field have been studied. Previous estimates of the efficiency of such acceleration have been generalized with regard to relativistic effects, and the simple formula for energy gain in a wide range of initial energies has been obtained. It has been indicated that the energy gain during a single interaction between electron and a whistler-mode wave packet, with typical parameters of an element of chorus emissions in the Earth’s magnetosphere, can reach several keV. The conditions of this acceleration mechanism realization are discussed. Specifically, it has been found that, in the case of chorus emissions in the Earth’s magnetosphere, this mechanism can be effective for electrons with perpendicular energies several times as high as such an energy of electrons generating chorus.     

等离子体湍流对电子的加速

本文讨论了等离子体湍流对电子加速的两种模型:（1）假定在空间中存在一个空间均匀的等离子体湍流区,当具有一定初始分布的电子束通过此湍流区时,研究湍流场对电子束的加速过程;（2）在某一封闭的区域中,存在着具有一定初始分布和空间均匀的等离子体,当某种类型的等离子体波突然传入此等离子体区,然后考察此区中电子的加速过程。在这两种模型中,可能存在着某种电子消失机制。假定湍谱是幂指数形式,我们给出了不同类型湍流扩散系数的普遍形式。利用较简单的数学方法,求解了包括消失过程的一维准线性动力学方程,对于给定的初始分布,得出了分布函数的解析解,并给出了平均能量时间关系的表达式。另外,对于特定的湍谱指数,解出了当平行电场和湍流同时存在时的分布函数。最后,对所得结果进行了数值分析和讨论。     

Variations in planetary radiation belt fluxes and their radiative observations

The variations in the fluxes of the relativistic electrons in the planetary radiation belts are due to a set of different physical processes which violate one or more of the adiabatic invariants. We survey the mechanisms which break down these invariants and investigate the time scales for the processes and the resulting effects on the observed fluxes. The mechanisms include (a) sudden deformation of the magnetic field configuration, (b) radial diffusion due to low-frequency electromagnetic oscillations, (c) transit-time damping due to fast waves and (d) diffusion due to electromagnetic ion-cyclotron (emic) or whistler waves. It is indicated how the waves which interact resonantly with the relativistic electrons are responsible for enhancement in the radiative spectra of the gyrosynchrotron emissions in the GHz frequency range and the X-ray bremsstrahlung emissions at the MeV energy range.     

Lower hybrid resonance spherics

Summary After a fractional-hop whistler, a trace of limited frequency range with somewhat higher dispersion, markedly growing when approaching the lower cutoff frequency, is frequently observed on spectrograms of broadband VLF measurements made by satellites moving in the outer ionosphere. This phenomenon, which we have called LHR spheric, has been studied on VLF measurements made by the Interkosmos-14 satellite in the height range of 500–1700 km. The results show that LHR spherics are created by the same mechanism as LHR whistlers that sometimes appear after ducted whistlers. In this event, it is a part of the electromagnetic energy radiated by a lightning flash which, on passing trough the ionosphere, has been transformed to quasi-electrostatic resonance waves. They reach the satellite in the same way as whistler-mode waves. Transformation of a part of the energy radiated by a lightning flash to electrostatic quasi-resonance waves is possible in the ionosphere due to the scattering of the original whistler wave on small-scale turbulence.     

Superposed epoch analysis of a whistler instability criterion at geosynchronous orbit during geomagnetic storms

Enhanced whistler mode waves produced by anisotropic hot plasma-sheet electrons outside the storm-time plasmapause have been suggested as one mechanism for accelerating relativistic outer-belt electrons in the aftermath of geomagnetic storms. Using measurements from the Los Alamos Magnetospheric Plasma Analyzers in geosynchronous orbit, we perform a superposed-epoch study of the storm-time behavior of the inferred plasma-sheet whistler growth parameter. Separate analyses are done for storms that result in strong relativistic electron enhancements and those that do not. The inferred whistler instability is strongest in the midnight-to-dawn sector, where freshly injected plasma-sheet electrons drift into and through the inner magnetosphere. During the main phase of both sets of storms, there is a marked drop in the whistler growth parameter, especially in the prime midnight-to-dawn sector. In the early recovery phase, this parameter is elevated and then returns to more typical values over the next few days. The elevation of the whistler growth parameter persists longer for the electron-enhanced storms than for those that do not produce such enhancements. These results suggest that whistler wave generation is greater during storms yielding enhanced levels of relativistic electrons.     

磁场重联中的电子加速机制的数值模拟研究

在应用2.5维混合模拟方法研究Petschek模型磁场重联的基础上,考察了试验电子被加速的特征. 模拟结果表明,稳态的低频重联场能将少量试验电子加速到高能,电子的能谱为幂律谱,但总体分布函数未发生显著变化. 电子在整个加速过程中被束缚在低磁场的加速区内,由重联产生的感应电场Ey分量对其直接加速,根据加速时间和加速区域可以将这些电子分为两种情况：初始位于加速区和漂移到加速区被加速.