Energy loss of ions by electric-field fluctuations in a magnetized plasma

Details Energy loss of ions by electric-field fluctuations in a magnetized plasma Energy loss of ions by electric-field fluctuations in a magnetized plasma

2011-04-05

arxiv.org/abs/1104.0878v2

Physics

Plasma Physics

12 pages, 3 figures, will be appear in Phys. Rev. E (July, 2011)

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The results of a theoretical investigation of the energy loss of charged particles in a magnetized classical plasma due to the electric field fluctuations are reported. The energy loss for a test particle is calculated through the linear-response theory. At vanishing magnetic field the electric field fluctuations lead to an energy gain of the charged particle for all velocities. It has been shown that in the presence of strong magnetic field this effect occurs only at low-velocities. In the opposite case of high-velocities the test particle systematically loses its energy due to the interaction with a stochastic electric field. The net effect of the fluctuations is the systematic reduction of the total energy loss (i.e. the sum of the polarization and stochastic energy losses) at vanishing magnetic field and reduction or enhancement at strong field depending on the velocity of the particle. It is found that the energy loss of the slow heavy ion contains an anomalous term which depends logarithmically on the projectile mass. The physical origin of this anomalous term is the coupling between the cyclotron motion of the plasma electrons and the long-wavelength, low-frequency fluctuations produced by the projectile ion. This effect may strongly enhance the stochastic energy gain of the particle.

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