Test particle correlation by a whistler wave in a nonuniform magnetic field. Technical report

Technical Report · Wed Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1977

OSTI ID:6403349

Vomvoridis, J L; Denavit, J

This paper presents computer simulations of the correlation in phase of test electrons in a monochromatic whistler wave propagating along a non-uniform external magnetic field. The behavior of resonant electrons depends on an inhomgeneity ratio R, which defines the external field gradient in relation to the wave amplitude. In the case abs. val. R <1, where electron trapping is possible, a hole (or an island) of particles is found to occur in phase plots of the distribution function. This causes the appearance of a transverse current coherent with the wave, which is most intense for abs. val. R approx. = or < 0.6. The significance of these results to magnetospheric propagation of a quasi-monochromatic whistler pulse is discussed.

• Research Organization: Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL (USA). Dept. of Mechanical Engineering and Astronautical Sciences
• OSTI ID: 6403349
• Report Number(s): AD-A-057065; TR-8
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
CORRELATIONS
EARTH ATMOSPHERE
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
ELECTRON DENSITY
ELECTRONS
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
FERMIONS
LEPTONS
MAGNETIC FIELDS
MAGNETOSPHERE
NOISE
RADIATIONS
RADIO NOISE
RADIOWAVE RADIATION
SIMULATION
TRAPPING
WAVE PROPAGATION
WHISTLERS