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Helliwell et al. 1986
Helliwell, R.A., Carpenter, D.L., Inan, U.S. and Katsufrakis, J.P. (1986). Generation of band–limited VLF noise using the Siple transmitter: A model for magnetospheric hiss. Journal of Geophysical Research 91: doi: 10.1029/JA091iA04p04381. issn: 0148-0227.

Band-limited VLF noise generated by the experimental transmitter at Siple Station, Antarctica, is used to simulate the interaction of natural magnetospheric hiss with energetic radiation belt particles. While the observed spectrum of the generated noise at times closely resembles that of natural VLF hiss, at other times discrete emissions are found to be generated from the incoherent noise signal. Results imply that magnetospheric chorus can be triggered by hiss signals, indicating the similarity of generation mechanisms for coherent and incoherent VLF emissions. A model based on second-order cyclotron resonance can explain the conversion of the relatively short duration wavelets of a hiss spectrum into the longer, semicoherent discrete emissions that are typical of chorus.

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