Simulation of Plasma Emission in Magnetized Plasmas

Lee, Sang-Yun; Yoon, Peter H.; Lee, Ensang; Tu, Weichao

doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ac32bb

Title: Simulation of Plasma Emission in Magnetized Plasmas

Journal Article · 10 January 2022 · The Astrophysical Journal

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac32bb · OSTI ID:1981238

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West Virginia Univ., Morgantown, WV (United States); West Virginia Univ., Morgantown, WV (United States)
Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD (United States)
Kyung Hee Univ., Seoul (Korea, Republic of)
West Virginia Univ., Morgantown, WV (United States)

The recent Parker Solar Probe observations of type III radio bursts show that the effects of the finite background magnetic field can be an important factor in the interpretation of data. In the present paper, the effects of the background magnetic field on the plasma-emission process, which is believed to be the main emission mechanism for solar coronal and interplanetary type III radio bursts, are investigated by means of the particle-in-cell simulation method. The effects of the ambient magnetic field are systematically surveyed by varying the ratio of plasma frequency to electron gyrofrequency. The present study shows that for a sufficiently strong ambient magnetic field, the wave–particle interaction processes lead to a highly field-aligned longitudinal mode excitation and anisotropic electron velocity distribution function, accompanied by a significantly enhanced plasma emission at the second-harmonic plasma frequency. For such a case, the polarization of the harmonic emission is almost entirely in the sense of extraordinary mode. On the other hand, for moderate strengths of the ambient magnetic field, the interpretation of the simulation result is less clear. The underlying nonlinear-mode coupling processes indicate that to properly understand and interpret the simulation results requires sophisticated analyses involving interactions among magnetized plasma normal modes, including the two transverse modes of the magneto-active plasma, namely, the extraordinary and ordinary modes, as well as electron-cyclotron-whistler, plasma oscillation, and upper-hybrid modes. At present, a nonlinear theory suitable for quantitatively analyzing such complex-mode coupling processes in magnetized plasmas is incomplete, which calls for further theoretical research, but the present simulation results could provide a guide for future theoretical efforts.

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Research Organization:: West Virginia Univ., Morgantown, WV (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA); National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0020294

OSTI ID:: 1981238

Journal Information:: The Astrophysical Journal, Journal Name: The Astrophysical Journal Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 924; ISSN 0004-637X

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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