Heating and acceleration of alpha-particles in the solar wind

Details Heating and acceleration of alpha-particles in the solar wind Heating and acceleration of alpha-particles in the solar wind

Jul 1978

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1978soph...58..397r&link_type=abstract

Solar Physics, vol. 58, July 1978, p. 397-403.

Physics

Alpha Particles, Magnetohydrodynamic Stability, Particle Acceleration, Plasma Heating, Solar Wind, Whistlers, Coupled Modes, Ion Motion, Nonlinear Equations, Propagation Modes

Scientific paper

The nonlinear saturation of whistler mode instability in the solar wind is considered. The resulting heating and acceleration are calculated. It is shown that this instability heats predominantly the alpha-particles and the ratio of heating rates of alpha-particles to ions have been calculated. This instability is shown to be more effective in accelerating alpha-particles than ions. However, this process cannot account for V-alpha/V-i not less than 1.

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