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Electromagnetic instabilities excited by electron temperature anisotropy

Abstract

One-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations are performed to investigate the nonlinear evolution of electromagnetic instabilities excited by the electron temperature anisotropy in homogeneous plasmas with different parameters. The results show that the electron temperature anisotropy can excite the two right-hand electromagnetic instabilities, one has the frequency higher than {omega}{sub e}, the other is the whistler instability with larger amplitude, and its frequency is below {omega}{sub e}. Their dispersion relations are consistent with the prediction from the cold plasma theory. In the initial growth stage (prediction from linear theory), the frequency of the dominant mode (the mode whose amplitude is large enough) of the whistler wave almost does not change, but in the saturation stage the situation is different. In the case that the ratio of electron plasma frequency to cyclotron frequency is larger than 1, the frequency of the dominant mode of the whistler wave drifts from high to low continuously. However, for the case of the ratio smaller than 1, besides the original dominant mode of the whistler wave whose frequency is about 2.6{omega}{sub e}, another dominant mode whose frequency is about 1.55 {omega}{sub e} also begins to be excited at definite time, and its amplitude increases with time until it  More>>
Authors:
Quanming, Lu; Lianqi, Wang; Yan, Zhou; Shui, Wang [1] 
  1. China Science and Technology Univ., Hefei (China). School of Earth and Space Sciences
Publication Date:
Jan 01, 2004
Product Type:
Journal Article
Resource Relation:
Journal Name: Chinese Physics Letters; Journal Volume: 21; Journal Issue: 1; Other Information: PBD: Jan 2004
Subject:
70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; ANISOTROPY; COLD PLASMA; CYCLOTRON FREQUENCY; DISPERSION RELATIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELECTRON TEMPERATURE; INSTABILITY; LANGMUIR FREQUENCY; WHISTLER INSTABILITY
OSTI ID:
20619965
Country of Origin:
China
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Journal ID: ISSN 0256-307X; CPLEEU; TRN: CN0501824063615
Submitting Site:
INIS
Size:
page(s) 129-132
Announcement Date:
Aug 28, 2005

Citation Formats

Quanming, Lu, Lianqi, Wang, Yan, Zhou, and Shui, Wang. Electromagnetic instabilities excited by electron temperature anisotropy. China: N. p., 2004. Web. doi:10.1088/0256-307X/21/1/039.
Quanming, Lu, Lianqi, Wang, Yan, Zhou, & Shui, Wang. Electromagnetic instabilities excited by electron temperature anisotropy. China. https://doi.org/10.1088/0256-307X/21/1/039
Quanming, Lu, Lianqi, Wang, Yan, Zhou, and Shui, Wang. 2004. "Electromagnetic instabilities excited by electron temperature anisotropy." China. https://doi.org/10.1088/0256-307X/21/1/039.
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title = {Electromagnetic instabilities excited by electron temperature anisotropy}
author = {Quanming, Lu, Lianqi, Wang, Yan, Zhou, and Shui, Wang}
abstractNote = {One-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations are performed to investigate the nonlinear evolution of electromagnetic instabilities excited by the electron temperature anisotropy in homogeneous plasmas with different parameters. The results show that the electron temperature anisotropy can excite the two right-hand electromagnetic instabilities, one has the frequency higher than {omega}{sub e}, the other is the whistler instability with larger amplitude, and its frequency is below {omega}{sub e}. Their dispersion relations are consistent with the prediction from the cold plasma theory. In the initial growth stage (prediction from linear theory), the frequency of the dominant mode (the mode whose amplitude is large enough) of the whistler wave almost does not change, but in the saturation stage the situation is different. In the case that the ratio of electron plasma frequency to cyclotron frequency is larger than 1, the frequency of the dominant mode of the whistler wave drifts from high to low continuously. However, for the case of the ratio smaller than 1, besides the original dominant mode of the whistler wave whose frequency is about 2.6{omega}{sub e}, another dominant mode whose frequency is about 1.55 {omega}{sub e} also begins to be excited at definite time, and its amplitude increases with time until it exceeds the original dominant mode.}
doi = {10.1088/0256-307X/21/1/039}
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