Modelling substorm chorus events in terms of dispersive azimuthal drift
Résumé
A model is presented which accounts for the observed features of the SCE in terms of the growth rate of whistler mode waves due to anisotropy in the electron distribution. This model provides an explanation for the increasing frequency of the SCE lower cutoff, as well as reproducing the general frequency-time signature of the event. In addition, the results place some restrictions on the injected particle source distribution which might lead to a SCE.
Key words. Space plasma physics (Wave-particle interaction) ? Magnetospheric physics (Plasma waves and instabilities; Storms and substorms)