Resonant Alfven wave instabilities driven by streaming fast particles
Description:
A plasma simulation code is used to study the resonant interactions between streaming ions and Alfven waves. The medium which supports the Alfven waves is treated as a single, one-dimensional, ideal MHD fluid, while the ions are treated as kinetic particles. The code is used to study three ion distributions: a cold beam; a monoenergetic shell; and a drifting distribution with a power-law dependence on momentum. These distributions represent: the field-aligned beams upstream of the earth's bow s…
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Date:
May 8, 1987
Creator:
Zachary, A.
Partner:
UNT Libraries Government Documents Department