Electron Heating in the Solar Wind

Details Electron Heating in the Solar Wind Electron Heating in the Solar Wind

May 2005

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2005agusmsp51b..06l&link_type=abstract

American Geophysical Union, Spring Meeting 2005, abstract #SP51B-06

Physics

2159 Plasma Waves And Turbulence, 2164 Solar Wind Plasma, 2169 Sources Of The Solar Wind

Scientific paper

We report on progress in modeling the elevated charge states observed in the fast solar wind with respect to the coronal hole source region. Improvements include the incorporation of new atomic data for dielectronic recombination of L-shell ions in our modeling, following the recent work of Badnell and collaborators. A second issue considered will be that of magnetic field inhomogeneity (as opposed to plasma density inhomogeneity) as an agent of instability. High temperature ions gyrating in curved magnetic field produce local anisotropies in their velocity distribution function, which in turn are unstable to the generation of lower hybrid waves. These waves then damp by heating electrons, giving rise to the observed increase in ion charge state. Work supported by NASA LWS NNH05AA05i and by the NRL/ONR Solar Magnetism and the Earth's Environment 6.1 Research Option.

Affiliated with

Also associated with

No associations

Rating

Electron Heating in the Solar Wind does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.

If you have personal experience with Electron Heating in the Solar Wind, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Electron Heating in the Solar Wind will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-1699872