Refractive index and wavenumber properties for cyclotron resonant quasilinear diffusion by cold plasma waves

Wave-particle interactions have a large effect on magetospheric particles, in the radiation belts and elsewhere. Bounce-averaged quasilinear diffusion coefficients have been calculated for whistler hiss and chorus and electromagnetic ion cyclotron waves (EMIC), which are all believed to play major roles. To perform these calculations efficiently, techniques have been developed that use properties of the refractive index of these modes to identify ranges of wave-normal angle that are compatible with cyclotron resonance in a given frequency band. Other cold plasma waves, in the L-X, L-O, R-X, and Z modes, can also resonate with energetic electrons, and some preliminary calculations of their diffusion coefficients have been reported. Here, it is shown that the refractive index of these modes allows the techniques developed for whistler and EMIC waves to be applied to them as well. Sample calculations are presented for Z mode waves, with omega(pe)>Omega(e) and omega(pe)