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Modeling the Simultaneous Dropout of Energetic Electrons and Protons by Magnetopause Shadowing
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  • Xingzhi Lyu,
  • Weichao Tu,
  • Jinbei Huang,
  • Qianli Ma,
  • Zhi Gu Li
Xingzhi Lyu
West Virginia University

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Weichao Tu
West Virginia University
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Jinbei Huang
West Virginia University
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Qianli Ma
University of California Los Angeles
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Zhi Gu Li
West Virginia University
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Abstract

Magnetopause shadowing (MPS) effect could drive a concurrent dropout of radiation belt electrons and ring current protons. However, its relative role in the dropout of both plasma populations has not been well quantified. In this work, we study the simultaneous dropout of MeV electrons and 100s keV protons during an intense geomagnetic storm in May 2017. A radial diffusion model with an event-specific last closed drift shell is used to simulate the MPS loss of both populations. The model well captures the fast shadowing loss of both populations at high L*, while the loss at lower L*, possibly due to the EMIC wave scattering, is not captured. The observed butterfly pitch angle distributions of electron fluxes in the initial loss phase are well reproduced by the model. The initial proton losses at low pitch angles are underestimated, potentially also contributed by other mechanisms such as field line curvature scattering.
06 Oct 2023Submitted to ESS Open Archive
09 Oct 2023Published in ESS Open Archive