Velocity distribution function and cyclotron wave growth in a modified bi-Maxwellian two-ion component solar plasma

Journal Article · Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1979 · J. Geophys. Res.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1029/JA084iA06p02661· OSTI ID:6249773

Leubner, M P

Observed double-humped proton velocity distributions of the solar plasma are represented analytically by a superposition of modified bi-Maxwellians. Stability and growth rates of the cyclotron mode are calculated in linear Vlasov theory for a warm solar wind at 1 AU. Proton distribution function and cyclotron wave growth are discussed as functions of the beam to plasma particle density and the temperature anisotropy. The presence of a second ion component causes increased growth rates and a second resonant wave particle interaction.

• Research Organization: Institute of Theoretical Physics, University of Innsbruck, Austria
• OSTI ID: 6249773
• Journal Information: J. Geophys. Res.; (United States), Vol. 84:A6
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
SOLAR WIND
PROTON TEMPERATURE
BOLTZMANN-VLASOV EQUATION
DISPERSION RELATIONS
DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS
PLASMA DENSITY
PLASMA WAVES
DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
EQUATIONS
SOLAR ACTIVITY
640104* - Astrophysics & Cosmology- Solar Phenomena