Dependence of Plasmaspheric Hiss Power on ωpe/Ωce

Abstract Plasmaspheric hiss waves play a key role in scattering energetic electrons and are often modeled in the inner magnetosphere using empirical hiss power maps parameterized by L shell. In this study, we compare the dependence of hiss power on both L shell (2 ≤ L ≤ 6) and the ratio of electron...

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Main Authors: Mingyue Lu, Hui Zhu, Yingying Zhao, Huicong Chen, Zhijie Qin, Zhenghao She
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2025-07-01
Series:Geophysical Research Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GL116589
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Hui Zhu
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Huicong Chen
Zhijie Qin
Zhenghao She
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description Abstract Plasmaspheric hiss waves play a key role in scattering energetic electrons and are often modeled in the inner magnetosphere using empirical hiss power maps parameterized by L shell. In this study, we compare the dependence of hiss power on both L shell (2 ≤ L ≤ 6) and the ratio of electron plasma frequency to electron gyrofrequency (ωpe/Ωce) using observations from the Van Allen Probes. The statistical comparison spans a wide range of magnetic local times, frequency bands, and substorm activity levels. Hiss power shows a stronger correlation with ωpe/Ωce than with L shell, especially at low frequencies and during periods of enhanced substorm activity. These results indicate that ωpe/Ωce is a more physically meaningful parameter for describing plasmaspheric hiss and should be considered in radiation belt modeling.
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spelling doaj-art-07b2adf70ffd46a5b46b6339025493812025-08-20T04:02:09ZengWileyGeophysical Research Letters0094-82761944-80072025-07-015213n/an/a10.1029/2025GL116589Dependence of Plasmaspheric Hiss Power on ωpe/ΩceMingyue Lu0Hui Zhu1Yingying Zhao2Huicong Chen3Zhijie Qin4Zhenghao She5Institute of Frontier and Interdisciplinary Science Shandong University Shandong ChinaInstitute of Frontier and Interdisciplinary Science Shandong University Shandong ChinaInstitute of Frontier and Interdisciplinary Science Shandong University Shandong ChinaInstitute of Frontier and Interdisciplinary Science Shandong University Shandong ChinaInstitute of Frontier and Interdisciplinary Science Shandong University Shandong ChinaInstitute of Frontier and Interdisciplinary Science Shandong University Shandong ChinaAbstract Plasmaspheric hiss waves play a key role in scattering energetic electrons and are often modeled in the inner magnetosphere using empirical hiss power maps parameterized by L shell. In this study, we compare the dependence of hiss power on both L shell (2 ≤ L ≤ 6) and the ratio of electron plasma frequency to electron gyrofrequency (ωpe/Ωce) using observations from the Van Allen Probes. The statistical comparison spans a wide range of magnetic local times, frequency bands, and substorm activity levels. Hiss power shows a stronger correlation with ωpe/Ωce than with L shell, especially at low frequencies and during periods of enhanced substorm activity. These results indicate that ωpe/Ωce is a more physically meaningful parameter for describing plasmaspheric hiss and should be considered in radiation belt modeling.https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GL116589plasmaspheric hiss wavesωpe/ΩceL shellradiation belts
spellingShingle Mingyue Lu
Hui Zhu
Yingying Zhao
Huicong Chen
Zhijie Qin
Zhenghao She
Dependence of Plasmaspheric Hiss Power on ωpe/Ωce
Geophysical Research Letters
plasmaspheric hiss waves
ωpe/Ωce
L shell
radiation belts
title Dependence of Plasmaspheric Hiss Power on ωpe/Ωce
title_full Dependence of Plasmaspheric Hiss Power on ωpe/Ωce
title_fullStr Dependence of Plasmaspheric Hiss Power on ωpe/Ωce
title_full_unstemmed Dependence of Plasmaspheric Hiss Power on ωpe/Ωce
title_short Dependence of Plasmaspheric Hiss Power on ωpe/Ωce
title_sort dependence of plasmaspheric hiss power on ωpe ωce
topic plasmaspheric hiss waves
ωpe/Ωce
L shell
radiation belts
url https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GL116589
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