Computer Science – Sound
Scientific paper
May 2007
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2007agusmsm51b..01k&link_type=abstract
American Geophysical Union, Spring Meeting 2007, abstract #SM51B-01
Computer Science
Sound
7829 Kinetic Waves And Instabilities, 7831 Laboratory Studies And Experimental Techniques, 7846 Plasma Energization, 7867 Wave/Particle Interactions (2483, 6984)
Scientific paper
Laboratory experiments on the WVU Q Machine, test-particle simulations, and Monte Carlo simulations are shown to provide evidence for explaining the inhomogeneity in both the plasma-density profile and the ion- temperature profile associated with cylindrically symmetric lower-hybrid cavities observed by the GEODESIC sounding rocket, the OEDIPUS-C sounding rocket, and the Freja satellite. Two potential contributions to the inhomogeneous profiles are identified. Both mechanisms (one dc and the other ac) rely on finite values of the Larmor radius and can result in nonlocal effects that deplete ion density within the cavity and enhance ion density immediately outside the cavity to form ion-gyroradius-scale shoulders encircling the cavity perimeter. In the absence of waves, a cylindrically symmetric, radial, DC electric field can be responsible for a polarization shift that produces such inhomogeneity in the density profile [1]. In the presence of waves, wave-induced transverse ion acceleration occurring within the cavity can produce such inhomogeneity in the density profile [2]. In combination, the two effects are shown to be comparable, necessitating an interpretation that includes both mechanisms for quantitative agreement. For the lab data, laser-induced fluorescence techniques provide high resolution in coordinate space and velocity space. [1] Reynolds et al., Inhomogeneity scale lengths in a magnetized, low temperature, collisionless, Q-machine plasma column containing perpendicular-velocity shear, Phys. Plasmas 13, 092106 (2006). [2] Knudsen et al., Lower-hybrid cavity density depletions as a result of transverse ion acceleration localized on the gyroradius scale, J. Geophys. Res. 109, A04212 (2004). This research is supported by NSF.
Knudsen David J.
Koepke Mark E.
Reynolds E. W.
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