Primary Convener:
Homayon Aryan, University of California Los Angeles

Convener:
Oleksiy Agapitov, Space Science Laboratory, UCB
Kyung-Eun Choi, Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California Berkeley
Harriet George, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics

Chair:
Homayon Aryan, University of California Los Angeles
Oleksiy Agapitov, Space Science Laboratory, UCB
Kyung-Eun Choi, Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California Berkeley

This session calls for observational, theoretical, or spaceflight missions that studies radiation belt wave-particle interactions and the dynamical acceleration and loss processes of particles in the radiation belts and inner magnetosphere. Especially encouraged is work from the Van Allen Probes, MMS, ARASE, THEMIS, and Cluster missions, as well as science motivation for new mission concepts resulting from Heliophysics 2050 and Decadal Survey planning. The dynamics of the radiation belts are not comprehensively understood yet despite its discovery 60 years ago. It is of great scientific and practical interest to predict the dynamics of the radiation belts to help improve space weather predictions, assisting the mitigation of hazardous space weather effects on spacecraft operations. Generally, it is understood that the radiation belt dynamics arise from a delicate balance between acceleration, transport, and loss processes. Radiation belt models require accurate knowledge of wave-particle interactions in the radiation belts and inner magnetosphere.

Index Terms
2722 Forecasting
2753 Numerical modeling
2774 Radiation belts
7867 Wave|particle interactions

GeoBurst Sessions:
Yes

Neighborhoods:
4. Beyond Earth

Suggested Itineraries:
Space Weather
Science Communications
Machine Learning and AI
Open Science and Open Data