Magnetic fluctuations embedded in dipolarization inside geosynchronous orbit and their associated selective acceleration of O+ ions

We study magnetic fluctuations embedded in dipolarizations in the inner magnetosphere (a geocentric distance of <= 6.6 R-E) and their associated ion flux changes, using the Engineering Test Satellite VIII and Active Magnetospheric Particle Tracer Explorers/CCE satellites. We select seven events of dipolarization that occur during the main phase of magnetic storms having a minimum value of the Dst index less than -40 nT. It is found that (1) all of the dipolarization events are accompanied by strong magnetic fluctuations with the major frequency close to the local O+ gyrofrequency; (2) the magnetic fluctuations appear with significant amplitude in the component nearly parallel to the local magnetic field; (3) the strong flux enhancement is seen in the energy range of 1-10 keV only for O+ ions. In terms of frequency and dominant components of the magnetic fluctuations, they are considered to be excited by the drift-driven electromagnetic ion cyclotron (EMIC) instability that is recently identified with the linear theory. We perform particle tracing for H+ and O+ ions in the electromagnetic fields modeled by the linear dispersion relation of the drift-driven EMIC instability. Results show that the O+ ions are accelerated to the energy range of 0.5-5 keV and undergo a significant modification of the spectral shape, while the H+ ions have no clear change of spectral shape, being consistent with the observations. We therefore suggest that the electromagnetic fluctuations associated with the dipolarizations can accelerate O+ ions locally and nonadiabatically in the inner magnetosphere. This selective acceleration of O+ ions may play a role in enhancing the O+ energy density in the storm time ring current.