Physics – Plasma Physics
Scientific paper
May 2008
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008georl..3510108q&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 35, Issue 10, CiteID L10108
Physics
Plasma Physics
5
Space Plasma Physics: Kinetic Waves And Instabilities, Space Plasma Physics: Nonlinear Phenomena (4400, 6944), Space Plasma Physics: Wave/Particle Interactions (2483, 6984)
Scientific paper
Mechanism of the nonlinear saturation of compressible electromagnetic mirror instability is studied using the gyrokinetic particle simulation. Phase-space particle trapping due to the mirror force is found to be the dominant saturation mechanism in the simulation of a single mirror mode with relatively weak drive. At the nonlinear saturation, the phase-space island of the distribution function is formed. The oscillation frequency of the saturated perturbation amplitude is close to the bounce frequency of the trapped particles, which is comparable to the linear growth rate of the mirror mode. Scaling of the saturation amplitude is consistent with the onset of the particle trapping. With strong instability drive, relaxation toward marginal stability dominates the nonlinear saturation of the mirror instability. Phase-space trapping, however, persists after the saturation and continues to regulate the nonlinear evolution of the mirror mode.
Chen Liu
Lin Zhihong
Qu Hongpeng
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