Evolution of a localized Langmuir packet in the solar wind and on auroral field lines

Details Evolution of a localized Langmuir packet in the solar wind and on auroral field lines Evolution of a localized Langmuir packet in the solar wind and on auroral field lines

Jan 1994

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1994ucla.confq....r&link_type=abstract

Conference Paper, California Univ. Berkeley, CA United States Space Sciences Lab.

Computer Science

Auroras, Electron Distribution, Electrons, Energetic Particles, Particle Motion, Solar Wind, Wave-Particle Interactions, Wind Velocity, Boundary Conditions, Distribution Functions, Free Energy, Magnetic Fields, Signal To Noise Ratios, Simulation, Velocity Distribution

Scientific paper

Langmuir emissions in space are reported to be clumpy and intermittent. The high-frequency wave power appears concentrated in spatial packets, whether amidst the solar wind or on auroral field lines. Due to the plasma motion relative to the spacecraft, determining the source for the wave free energy in the three-dimensional electron distribution function has always been difficult, since the unstable features pass by the detector in presumably too short time to be measured. The range of unstable phase velocities and growth rates have generally been estimated rather than determined by unequivocal measurements. The analysis of wave-particle interactions in a space environment has taken recently a new turn with the development of wave correlators on board rockets and satellites. Such instruments seek to identify correlations between the phase of the wave-field and the fluxes of energetic particles. The data interpretation is complex, however, it must be backed by a detailed theoretical understanding of the wave-particle interaction, including the phase relation for inhomogeneous packets. To this end Langmuir packets interacting with fast electrons can be studied in the appropriate regime by means of particle-in-cell simulations, provided that one succeeds in reducing the level of the fluctuations, enhancing the signal-to-noise ratio, and incorporating the appropriate boundary conditions. The first results of such simulations are presented here as a test and expansion of previous analysis.

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