A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä
Analytical treatment of particle motion in circularly polarized slab-mode wave fields
Tekijät: Schreiner C, Vainio R, Spanier F
Kustantaja: CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
Kustannuspaikka: Cambridge
Julkaisuvuosi: 2018
Lehti: Journal of Plasma Physics
Tietokannassa oleva lehden nimi: JOURNAL OF PLASMA PHYSICS
Lehden akronyymi: J PLASMA PHYS
Artikkelin numero: ARTN 905840104
Vuosikerta: 84
Numero: 1
Sivujen määrä: 26
ISSN: 0022-3778
eISSN: 1469-7807
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022377817001015
Tiivistelmä
Wave-particle interaction is a key process in particle diffusion in collisionless plasmas. We look into the interaction of single plasma waves with individual particles and discuss under which circumstances this is a chaotic process, leading to diffusion. We derive the equations of motion for a particle in the fields of a magnetostatic, circularly polarized, monochromatic wave and show that no chaotic particle motion can arise under such circumstances. A novel and exact analytic solution for the equations is presented. Additional plasma waves lead to a breakdown of the analytic solution and chaotic particle trajectories become possible. We demonstrate this effect by considering a linearly polarized, monochromatic wave, which can be seen as the superposition of two circularly polarized waves. Test particle simulations are provided to illustrate and expand our analytical considerations.
Wave-particle interaction is a key process in particle diffusion in collisionless plasmas. We look into the interaction of single plasma waves with individual particles and discuss under which circumstances this is a chaotic process, leading to diffusion. We derive the equations of motion for a particle in the fields of a magnetostatic, circularly polarized, monochromatic wave and show that no chaotic particle motion can arise under such circumstances. A novel and exact analytic solution for the equations is presented. Additional plasma waves lead to a breakdown of the analytic solution and chaotic particle trajectories become possible. We demonstrate this effect by considering a linearly polarized, monochromatic wave, which can be seen as the superposition of two circularly polarized waves. Test particle simulations are provided to illustrate and expand our analytical considerations.
Avainsanat:
plasma simulation, plasma waves
Turun yliopiston Tutkimustietojärjestelmän portaali