Physics
Scientific paper
May 1984
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1984jgr....89.2673w&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 89, May 1, 1984, p. 2673-2688.
Physics
147
Bow Waves, Ion Beams, Plasma-Electromagnetic Interaction, Shock Waves, Space Plasmas, Computerized Simulation, Linearity, Particle Acceleration, Plasma Waves, Solar Wind
Scientific paper
The evolution of the electromagnetic ion beam instability driven by the reflected ion component backstreaming away from the earth's bow shock into the foreshock region is studied by means of computer simulation. The linear and quasi-linear stages of the instability are found to be in good agreement with known results for the resonant mode propagating parallel to the beam along the magnetic field and with theory developed in this paper for the nonresonant mode, which propagates antiparallel to the beam direction. The quasi-linear stage, which produces large amplitude delta B approximately B, sinusoidal transverse waves and 'intermediate' ion distributions, is terminated by a nonlinear phase in which strongly nonlinear, compressive waves and 'diffuse' ion distributions are produced. Additional processes by which the diffuse ions are accelerated to observed high energies are not addressed. The results are discussed in terms of the ion distributions and hydromagnetic waves observed in the foreshock of the earth's bow shock and of interplanetary shocks.
Leroy Marie
Winske Dan
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