Forthcoming measurements of plasma waves by the EMFISIS investigation on the RBSP Spacecraft

Radiation belt particle acceleration and loss is intimately connected to wave-particle interactions. To measure these interactions, NASA will launch the two-satellite Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP) mission in 2012. The Electric and Magnetic Field Instrument Suite and Integrated Science (EMFISIS) investigation on RBSP is an integrated set of instruments consisting of DC magnetic field measurements from DC to 30 Hz and AC electric and magnetic fields from 10Hz to 400 kHz. Examples of key wave science such as VLF hiss, magnetosonic equatorial noise, electromagnetic ion cyclotron waves, and chorus are presented along with the mission and instrument complement.