[P-EM13] Dynamics of the Inner Magnetospheric System

[PEM13-P16] Direct Measurement of Pitch Angle Scattering in EMIC-Proton Interactions by the WPIA method

*Kohei Takeuchi¹, Yoshizumi Miyoshi¹, Kazushi Asamura², Kenya Terasawa¹, Chae-Woo Jun¹, Yoshiya Kasahara³, Yasumasa Kasaba⁴, Shoya Matsuda³, Fuminori Tsuchiya⁴, Atsushi Kumamoto⁴, Tomoaki Hori¹, Atsuki Shinbori¹, Ayako Matsuoka⁵, Mariko Teramoto⁶, Kazuhiro Yamamoto¹, Iku Shinohara², Naritoshi Kitamura¹ (1.ISEE, Nagoya University, 2.ISAS/JAXA, 3.Kanazawa University, 4.Tohoku University, 5.Kyoto University, 6.Kyushu Institute of Technology)

Electromagnetic ion cyclotron waves (EMIC), a type of plasma waves, are known to exchange energy with ions through a process called wave-particle interaction. This interaction is supposed to contribute to the acceleration and scattering of ions in the magnetosphere. The Wave-Particle Interaction Analysis (WPIA) is a method that enables direct and quantitative measurement of such interactions. By applying WPIA to observational data from the Arase satellite, Shoji et al. (2017, 2021) successfully demonstrated the direct detection of energy transfer between EMIC waves and ions, as well as frequency variations in EMIC waves. However, direct observations of the Lorentz force, which is responsible for pitch-angle scattering, remains. In this study, we applied the WPIA method to the Arase satellite observations to directly detect the pitch angle changes caused by the Lorentz force. We analyzed an event on October 27, 2022, when the Arase satellite observed intense proton-band EMIC waves associated with pitch angle scattering.
By calculating V×B, which represents change of pitch angle, and V・E, which represents energy exchange between protons and EMIC waves, we successfully detected proton energy loss. Simultaneously, we found that the Lorentz force induced by the plasma waves caused pitch angle changes toward the loss cone.