Physics – Plasma Physics
Scientific paper
Sep 2010
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2010jgra..11509109g&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research, Volume 115, Issue A9, CiteID A09109
Physics
Plasma Physics
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Interplanetary Physics: Solar Wind Plasma, Ionosphere: Plasma Interactions With Dust And Aerosols (7849), Space Plasma Physics: Kinetic Waves And Instabilities, Space Plasma Physics: Wave/Particle Interactions (2483, 6984)
Scientific paper
The dispersive characteristics and absorption coefficient of Alfvén waves propagating parallel to the ambient magnetic field are discussed, taking into account the effects of both the charged dust particles present in the interplanetary medium and the superthermal character of the electron distribution function, using physical parameters relevant for solar and stellar winds. The solar wind electrons are described by an isotropic $\kappa$ distribution and the protons are described by a Maxwellian. The results are valid for a frequency regime well above the dust-plasma and dust-cyclotron frequencies. However, the theoretical formulation is fully kinetic and the dust charge variation is taken into account. The charging process of the dust is assumed to be associated with the capture of electrons and ions by the dust particles during inelastic collisions with the plasma particles. The dispersion relation for parallel-propagating Alfvén waves is numerically solved and the solutions are compared with particular situations where either the dust particles are absent or the electrons are described by a Maxwellian. It is shown that the presence of both the charged dust particles and the superthermal character of the electron distribution function sensibly modify the dispersion relation of low-frequency and long-wavelength Alfvén waves and significantly increase the absorption coefficient, strongly suggesting that both effects are equally important for a realistic description of the physical processes that occur in solar and stellar winds and that are influenced by the Alfvén waves, such as the energization of particles and the turbulent cascade of magnetic fluctuations.
de Juli M. C.
Gaelzer R.
Ziebell L. F.
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