Electron and ion heating by whistler turbulence: Three-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations

Hughes, R. Scott; Gary, S. Peter; Wang, Joseph

doi:10.1002/2014GL062070

Title: Electron and ion heating by whistler turbulence: Three-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations

Journal Article · Wed Dec 17 00:00:00 EST 2014 · Geophysical Research Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/2014GL062070· OSTI ID:1159568

Hughes, R. Scott ^[1]; Gary, S. Peter ^[2]; Wang, Joseph ^[1]

Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (United States)
Space Science Institute, Boulder, CO (United States)

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 β_e = 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 B_o, and ion heating is preferentially perpendicular to B_o. 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.

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Research Organization:: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-06NA25396

OSTI ID:: 1159568

Report Number(s):: LA-UR-14-27991; TRN: US1600632

Journal Information:: Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 41, Issue 24; ISSN 0094-8276

Publisher:: American Geophysical UnionCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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