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Statistical Study of Strong Diffusion of Low-Energy Electrons by Chorus and ECH Waves Based on In Situ Observations
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  • Mizuki Fukizawa,
  • Takeshi Sakanoi,
  • Yoshizumi Miyoshi,
  • Yoichi Kazama,
  • Yuto Katoh,
  • Yoshiya Kasahara,
  • Shoya Matsuda,
  • Atsushi Kumamoto,
  • Fuminori Tsuchiya,
  • Ayako Matsuoka,
  • Satoshi Kurita,
  • Satoko Nakamura,
  • Masafumi Shoji,
  • Mariko Teramoto,
  • Shun Imajo,
  • Iku Shinohara,
  • Shiang-Yu Wang,
  • Sunny W. Y. Tam,
  • Tzu-Fang Chang,
  • Bo-Jhou Wang,
  • Chae-Woo Jun
Mizuki Fukizawa
Tohoku University

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Takeshi Sakanoi
Tohoku University
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Yoshizumi Miyoshi
Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University
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Yoichi Kazama
Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics
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Yuto Katoh
Tohoku University
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Yoshiya Kasahara
Kanazawa University
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Shoya Matsuda
Kanazawa University
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Atsushi Kumamoto
Tohoku University
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Fuminori Tsuchiya
Tohoku University
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Ayako Matsuoka
Kyoto University
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Satoshi Kurita
Kyoto University
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Satoko Nakamura
Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University
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Masafumi Shoji
Nagoya University
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Mariko Teramoto
Kyushu Institute of Technology
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Shun Imajo
Kyoto University
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Iku Shinohara
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
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Shiang-Yu Wang
Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics
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Sunny W. Y. Tam
National Cheng Kung University
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Tzu-Fang Chang
Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University
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Bo-Jhou Wang
Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics
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Chae-Woo Jun
Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University
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Abstract

Inner magnetospheric electrons are precipitated into the ionosphere via pitch-angle (PA) scattering by lower band chorus (LBC), upper band chorus (UBC), and electrostatic electron cyclotron harmonic (ECH) waves at different magnetic latitudes. The PA scattering efficiency of low-energy electrons (0.1–10 keV) is yet to be investigated via in situ observations because of difficulties in flux measurements inside loss cones at the magnetosphere. In this study, we demonstrate that LBC, UBC, and ECH waves contribute to PA scattering of electrons at different energies using the Arase (ERG) satellite observation data and successively detected the loss cone filling, i.e., strong diffusion. For LBC waves, strong diffusion occurred at energies above ~1 keV, whereas it occurred below ~1 keV for UBC and ECH waves. The occurrence rate of the strong diffusion by high-amplitude LBC (>50 pT), UBC (>20 pT), and ECH (>10 mV/m) waves, respectively, reached ~70%, 20%, and 40% higher than that without simultaneous wave activity. The energy range where the occurrence rate was high agreed with the range where the PA diffusion rate of each wave exceeded the strong diffusion level based on the quasilinear theory.