Quasilinear evolution of cyclotron maser instability
Fecha
1995Abstract
A quasilinear analysis of the relativistic electron cyclotron maser instability is presented. A background plasma is assumed to support the wave motion, while the instability is driven by a tenuous population of energetic electrons possessing a loss-cone feature. The analysis makes use of an efBcient moment method. In this approach, evolution equations for the moments of particle distribution function are derived from the particle kinetic equation. Then, a self-similar model of the loss-cone el ...
A quasilinear analysis of the relativistic electron cyclotron maser instability is presented. A background plasma is assumed to support the wave motion, while the instability is driven by a tenuous population of energetic electrons possessing a loss-cone feature. The analysis makes use of an efBcient moment method. In this approach, evolution equations for the moments of particle distribution function are derived from the particle kinetic equation. Then, a self-similar model of the loss-cone electron distribution function is imposed. Simultaneously, the wave kinetic equation is solved. The resulting fully self-consistent set of equations that governs the evolution of the particles and unstable waves is solved numerically under physical parameters that represent typical solar microwave burst sources. ...
En
Physical Review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids and related interdisciplinary topics. New York. Vol. 51, no. 5, part b (May 1995), p. 4908-4916
Origen
Estranjero
Colecciones
-
Artículos de Periódicos (39552)Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (6036)
Este ítem está licenciado en la Creative Commons License