Further evolution of velocity shell distribution of cometary and interstellar pickup ions and excitation of oblique Alfven waves

Details Further evolution of velocity shell distribution of cometary and interstellar pickup ions and excitation of oblique Alfven waves Further evolution of velocity shell distribution of cometary and interstellar pickup ions and excitation of oblique Alfven waves

May 1992

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Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 97, no. A5, May 1, 1992, p. 6467-6477.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Cometary Atmospheres, Interstellar Matter, Ion Distribution, Magnetohydrodynamic Waves, Spherical Shells, Thermalization (Energy Absorption), Velocity Distribution, Wave Excitation, Astronomical Models, Magnetohydrodynamic Stability, Wave Propagation

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This paper shows how an initially isotropic spherical shell velocity distribution of cometary or interstellar pickup ions can become thermalized. The basic instability of mechanism responsible for the thermalization is based on papers by Wu and Yoon (1990) and Yoon (1990). The unstable mode is in the Alfven mode branch and propagates in an oblique direction, with the mode stable for exactly parallel and perpendicular propagations. The present paper discusses the nonlinear evolution of the ion distribution as well as the unstable waves. The method is based on the self-consistent quasi-linear equations. It is found that the thermalization can take place in 6.4 x 10 exp 3 to 1.6 x 10 exp 4 ion gyroperiods for the parameters used in the present analysis, while the unstable waves can grow to an appreciable level of the initial fluctuation.

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