Electron and ion heating by whistler turbulence: Three-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations
Abstract
Three-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations of decaying whistler turbulence are carried out on a collisionless, homogeneous, magnetized, electron-ion plasma model. In addition, the simulations use an initial ensemble of relatively long wavelength whistler modes with a broad range of initial propagation directions with an initial electron beta βe = 0.05. The computations follow the temporal evolution of the fluctuations as they cascade into broadband turbulent spectra at shorter wavelengths. Three simulations correspond to successively larger simulation boxes and successively longer wavelengths of the initial fluctuations. The computations confirm previous results showing electron heating is preferentially parallel to the background magnetic field Bo, and ion heating is preferentially perpendicular to Bo. The new results here are that larger simulation boxes and longer initial whistler wavelengths yield weaker overall dissipation, consistent with linear dispersion theory predictions of decreased damping, stronger ion heating, consistent with a stronger ion Landau resonance, and weaker electron heating.
- Authors:
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- Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (United States)
- Space Science Institute, Boulder, CO (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1159568
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-14-27991
Journal ID: ISSN 0094-8276; TRN: US1600632
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC52-06NA25396
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Geophysical Research Letters
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 41; Journal Issue: 24; Journal ID: ISSN 0094-8276
- Publisher:
- American Geophysical Union
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; heliospheric and magnetospheric physics; whistler turbulence
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Hughes, R. Scott, Gary, S. Peter, and Wang, Joseph. Electron and ion heating by whistler turbulence: Three-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations. United States: N. p., 2014.
Web. doi:10.1002/2014GL062070.
Hughes, R. Scott, Gary, S. Peter, & Wang, Joseph. Electron and ion heating by whistler turbulence: Three-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations. United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/2014GL062070
Hughes, R. Scott, Gary, S. Peter, and Wang, Joseph. Wed .
"Electron and ion heating by whistler turbulence: Three-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations". United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/2014GL062070. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1159568.
@article{osti_1159568,
title = {Electron and ion heating by whistler turbulence: Three-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations},
author = {Hughes, R. Scott and Gary, S. Peter and Wang, Joseph},
abstractNote = {Three-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations of decaying whistler turbulence are carried out on a collisionless, homogeneous, magnetized, electron-ion plasma model. In addition, the simulations use an initial ensemble of relatively long wavelength whistler modes with a broad range of initial propagation directions with an initial electron beta βe = 0.05. The computations follow the temporal evolution of the fluctuations as they cascade into broadband turbulent spectra at shorter wavelengths. Three simulations correspond to successively larger simulation boxes and successively longer wavelengths of the initial fluctuations. The computations confirm previous results showing electron heating is preferentially parallel to the background magnetic field Bo, and ion heating is preferentially perpendicular to Bo. The new results here are that larger simulation boxes and longer initial whistler wavelengths yield weaker overall dissipation, consistent with linear dispersion theory predictions of decreased damping, stronger ion heating, consistent with a stronger ion Landau resonance, and weaker electron heating.},
doi = {10.1002/2014GL062070},
journal = {Geophysical Research Letters},
number = 24,
volume = 41,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Dec 17 00:00:00 EST 2014},
month = {Wed Dec 17 00:00:00 EST 2014}
}
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