Study of kinetic effects arising in simulations of Farley-Buneman instability

Journal Article · Fri May 15 04:00:00 EDT 2009 · Plasma Physics Reports

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063780X09050079· OSTI ID:21405913

Kovalev, D V; Smirnov, A P ^[1]; Dimant, Ya S ^[2]

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1. Moscow State University (Russian Federation)
2. Boston University, Center for Space Physics (United States)

The Farley-Buneman instability, which has been observed in the E region of the Earth's ionosphere, is studied using fluid equations for electrons, a four-dimensional (in coordinate-velocity space) kinetic equation for ions, and Poisson's equation. Numerical simulations with allowance for Landau damping show that the Farley-Buneman instability results in anisotropy of the ion velocity distribution function.

• OSTI ID: 21405913
• Journal Information: Plasma Physics Reports, Journal Name: Plasma Physics Reports Journal Issue: 5 Vol. 35; ISSN PPHREM; ISSN 1063-780X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
ANISOTROPY
CHARGED PARTICLES
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
DAMPING
DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS
E REGION
EARTH ATMOSPHERE
EQUATIONS
FOUR-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS
FUNCTIONS
INSTABILITY
IONOSPHERE
IONS
KINETIC EQUATIONS
LANDAU DAMPING
PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
PLASMA INSTABILITY
POISSON EQUATION
SIMULATION
VELOCITY