Wave-powered Relativistic Electron Generation in Nonuniform Magnetic Fields

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May 2000

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Highly Energetic Physical Processes and Mechanisms for Emission from Astrophysical Plasmas, Proceedings of IAU Symposium #195, h

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The generation of superthermal electron populations due to resonant energy transfer from Alfven wave packets can be studied sufficiently well within the Fokker-Planck diffusive formalism, where the particle energization is induced through Landau interaction. From the calculation of the magnetic-field--dependent diffusion operator of an Alfven wave spectrum, it is demonstrated how resonant energization can be forced in nonuniform magnetic field configurations. On this basis, a mechanism for the acceleration of electrons from thermal to relativistic energies is presented where the specific magnetic field geometry acts as catalyst, providing a highly effective source for synergetic electron energization.

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