Non-Linear Whistler Waves in Magnetic Reconnection

Details Non-Linear Whistler Waves in Magnetic Reconnection Non-Linear Whistler Waves in Magnetic Reconnection

Dec 2008

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008agufmsm31a1702s&link_type=abstract

American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2008, abstract #SM31A-1702

Physics

2483 Wave/Particle Interactions (7867), 2723 Magnetic Reconnection (7526, 7835), 4455 Nonlinear Waves, Shock Waves, Solitons (0689, 2487, 3280, 3285, 4275, 6934, 7851, 7852), 7526 Magnetic Reconnection (2723, 7835 Magnetic Reconnection (2723, 7526)

Scientific paper

Whistler waves can facilitate fast reconnection by opening up the outflow nozzles of the dissipation region. These outflow nozzles consist of non-linear standing whistler waves. We investigate the properties of one dimensional non-linear standing waves using a full particle in cell code. We discover a process, seemingly caused by relativistic effects, that transfers energy from the magnetic field and bulk flow of whistler waves to heating of the electrons to high energies. This energy transfer leads to a damping in the whistler wave amplitude. Resonance between the whistler frequency and the relativistic cyclotron frequency is a likely cause for the gain of energy in some particles.

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