Physics
Scientific paper
Jul 1986
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1986jgr....91.8001r&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 91, July 1, 1986, p. 8001-8010. USAF-supported research.
Physics
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Earth Magnetosphere, Electron Beams, Electron Distribution, Space Plasmas, Wave Excitation, Distribution Functions, Power Spectra, Simulation, Whistlers
Scientific paper
Excitation of waves by electron distributions consisting of hot, beam, and cold populations is investigated theoretically and with the help of particle simulations. The main modes excited include the upper hybrid oscillation for nearly perpendicular propagation; the whistler mode at oblique angles, which becomes the plasma two-stream oscillation for parallel propagation; and the electron acoustic mode for nearly parallel propagation. The whistler mode, excited by thermal fluctuation enhancement, has a broad range of wave numbers and quasi-linearly decreases the beam slope, while the electron acoustic mode, which is linearly unstable, has a narrow spread in phase velocities and traps the beam and the warm electrons forming a double humped distribution. Both modes contribute to forming a tail in the cold electron distribution. The resulting wave spectrum is discussed in the context of DE 1 observations.
Hudson Mary K.
Roth Ilan
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