“…To evaluate the scattering loss of ring current protons by resonant interactions with EMIC waves, we use the Full Diffusion Code (Cao et al, ; Cao, Ni, et al, ; Ni et al, , , ; Shprits & Ni, ) to calculate the quasi‐linear bounce‐averaged pitch angle diffusion coefficients by obliquely propagating EMIC waves in a multiion (H + , He + , and O + ) plasma. In the present study, we adopt a nominal wave amplitude of 1 nT and the results for arbitrary wave amplitude can be easily obtained, since diffusion coefficients are proportional to the square of wave amplitude in the quasi‐linear regime (Albert, ; Summers et al, ).…”