3D electrostatic gyrokinetic electron and fully kinetic ion simulation of lower-hybrid drift instability of Harris current sheet

Wang, Zhenyu; Lin, Yu; Wang, Xueyi; Tummel, Kurt; Chen, Liu

doi:10.1063/1.4954830

3D electrostatic gyrokinetic electron and fully kinetic ion simulation of lower-hybrid drift instability of Harris current sheet

Journal Article · Thu Jul 07 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Physics of Plasmas

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4954830· OSTI ID:1305900

Wang, Zhenyu ^[1]; Lin, Yu ^[1]; Wang, Xueyi ^[1]; Tummel, Kurt ^[2]; Chen, Liu ^[3]

Auburn Univ., AL (United States). Dept. of Physics
Univ. of California, Irvine, CA (United States). Dept. of Physics and Astronomy; Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Univ. of California, Irvine, CA (United States). Dept. of Physics and Astronomy; Zhejiang Univ., Hangzhou (China). Institute for Fusion Theory and Simulation

The eigenmode stability properties of three-dimensional lower-hybrid-drift-instabilities (LHDI) in a Harris current sheet with a small but finite guide magnetic field have been systematically studied by employing the gyrokinetic electron and fully kinetic ion (GeFi) particle-in-cell (PIC) simulation model with a realistic ion-to-electron mass ratio m_i/m_e. In contrast to the fully kinetic PIC simulation scheme, the fast electron cyclotron motion and plasma oscillations are systematically removed in the GeFi model, and hence one can employ the realistic m_i/m_e. The GeFi simulations are benchmarked against and show excellent agreement with both the fully kinetic PIC simulation and the analytical eigenmode theory. Our studies indicate that, for small wavenumbers, ky, along the current direction, the most unstable eigenmodes are peaked at the location where $$\vec{k}$$• $$\vec{B}$$ =0, consistent with previous analytical and simulation studies. Here, $$\vec{B}$$ is the equilibrium magnetic field and $$\vec{k}$$ is the wavevector perpendicular to the nonuniformity direction. As ky increases, however, the most unstable eigenmodes are found to be peaked at $$\vec{k}$$ •$$\vec{B}$$ ≠0. Additionally, the simulation results indicate that varying m_i/m_e, the current sheet width, and the guide magnetic field can affect the stability of LHDI. Simulations with the varying mass ratio confirm the lower hybrid frequency and wave number scalings.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-07NA27344; SC0010486

OSTI ID:: 1305900

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1260992

Report Number(s):: LLNL-JRNL--698885

Journal Information:: Physics of Plasmas, Journal Name: Physics of Plasmas Journal Issue: 7 Vol. 23; ISSN PHPAEN; ISSN 1070-664X

Publisher:: American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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