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Kovrazhkin et al. 1984
Kovrazhkin, R.A., Galperin, Y. I., Djordjio, N.V., Lissakov, Y. V., Mogilevsky, M.M., Moltchanov, O.A., Bosqued, J.M. and Rème, H. (1984). Direct detection of the precipitation of ring current electrons and protons stimulated by artificial VLF emission. Geophysical Research Letters 11: doi: 10.1029/GL011i008p00705. issn: 0094-8276.

Bursts of energetic electron and proton precipitation from the magnetosphere and artifically stimulated by a powerful ground-based Soviet VLF emitter (F=19.1 kHz, L=4.0) were detected during the ESSA experiment aboard the AUREOL-3 satellite (ARCAD-3 project) at altitudes of 1500-2000 km in the MLT morning sector. Stimulated electron and proton precipitations were clearly recorded in 7 overpasses out of 17 during the period 1-25 December 1981. The precipitation zone corresponded to the projection on the ionosphere of the ring current region (L=2.8 to 3.6), and was displaced equatorward with respect to the location of the VLF transmitter. The intensities of the artificial 0.1-2 keV electron fluxes ranged from 104 to 105 (cm2 sec ster keV)-1 and those of the 60-220 keV protons form 100 to 102 (cm2 sec ster keV)-1. The 1.8 keV electron bursts were delayed by about 1 sec with respect to the VLF pulses, and the 110 keV proton fluxes were delayed by about 3-5 sec. Results are discussed in terms of both Cerenkov and cyclotron resonance effects between VLF nonducted waves and magnetospheric particles.

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