Stochastic acceleration of large M/Q ions by hydrogen cyclotron waves in the magnetosphere
Journal Article
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· Geophys. Res. Lett.; (United States)
It is shown that in hydrogen dominated multi-ion plasmas supporting coherent hydrogen cyclotron waves, the minority ion species with large M/Q are preferentially accelerated and the maximum energy achieved scales as (M/M/sub H//sup +/)/sup 5/3/. The importance of this scaling to O/sup +/ acceleration in the auroral zones and to other high energy heavy ion observations in the earth's and Jupiter's mangetospheres is discussed.
- Research Organization:
- Science Applications, Inc., McLean, VA
- OSTI ID:
- 6804601
- Journal Information:
- Geophys. Res. Lett.; (United States), Journal Name: Geophys. Res. Lett.; (United States) Vol. 7:11; ISSN GPRLA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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