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[PEM11-P06] The characteristics of energetic protons in the energy of 10 eV-187 keV observed by the Arase satellite
キーワード:Energetic Proton distributions in the inner magnetosphere, 4 distinct proton populations within different energies, In-situ space observations obtained by the Arase satellite
Using the combined dataset of LEPi and MEPi data obtained by the Arase satellite from May 2017 to June 2021, we perform a statistical study of energetic protons (H+) in an extended energy range of 10 eV/q to 187 keV/q in the inner magnetosphere. In this study, we examined the H+ energy flux distributions and their pitch-angle distributions for different energies as a function of magnetic local time (MLT), magnetic latitude (MLAT), L shell, and geomagnetic activity based on Kp index. We find four distinct H+ populations within different energy ranges: (1) plasmaspheric H+ (E < 30 eV) at L < 5, (2) warm plasma cloak with pitch-angle distributions enhanced in the field-aligned direction at energies of several tens eV – several keV, (3) the ring current population (E = 1 keV – several tens of keV) with nose structures, (4) high-energy ring current particles (E > 30 keV) with symmetric distributions in MLT. These populations exhibit different behaviors as Kp increases. We also find the flux depletion region, called as ion dips, at E = 5-10 keV in the dawn sector at L=5-9 during Kp < 1. This region appears with a clear energy dependence on MLT from 0 to 21 MLT. We discuss the underlying physical dynamics for the different populations and compare the observational results with a model calculation using the simple electric and magnetic fields in UBK coordinates.