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The unexpected origin of plasmaspheric hiss from discrete chorus emissions

Meredith, Nigel P.; Thorne, Richard M.; Bortnik, Jacob

Plasmaspheric hiss is a type of electromagnetic wave found ubiquitously in the dense plasma region that encircles the Earth, known as the plasmasphere. This important wave is known to remove the high-energy electrons that are trapped along the Earth's magnetic field lines, and therefore helps to reduce the radiation hazards to satellites and human…