Thermalization of Solar Wind

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Nov 1972

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1972ap%26ss..19..207k&link_type=abstract

Astrophysics and Space Science, Volume 19, Issue 1, pp.207-217

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Three kinetic equations describing the linear and non-linear wave-particle interaction for an anisotropic solar wind plasma have been developed. These equations have been solved numerically to find the variation inT ⊥/T ∥ with respect to time, whereT ⊥ andT ∥ are the perpendicular and parallel temperatures with respect to the ambient magnetic field of the solar wind. For wave energy greater than a critical value (strong turbulence), non-linear wave-particle interactions are important but do not lead to thermalization. On the other hand, weak nonlinear interactions tend to increaseT ⊥/T ∥, but make only a negligible contribution in the quantitative sense. Thus, only the linear wave-particle interaction remains as the significant contributer to the increase ofT ⊥/T ∥.

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