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Nonlinear development of the ion-cyclotron electromagnetic instability

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

S. Cuperman ,
A. Sternlieb  and
D. J. Williams
S. Cuperman
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Tel-Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Israel
A. Sternlieb
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Tel-Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Israel
D. J. Williams
Affiliation:
SEL-ERL, NOAA, Boulder, Colorado
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Abstract

Cornwall et al. (1970) suggested that if the ring current protons penetrated the plasmapause, intense resonant electromagnetic ion cyclotron turbulence would lead to their rapid precipitation loss. IN this paper we present a computer simulation study of the electromagnetic ion-cyclotron instability in a homogeneous plasma consisting of protons and electrons embedded in a static magnetic field, B0x. The plasma parameters used are and Effects such as sources and losses or space non-uniformities are not considered here. The predictions of the linear theory for the fast build-up of unstable left-hand (proton-like) electromagnetic ion-cyclotron waves are fully confirmed.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 16 , Issue 1 , August 1976 , pp. 57 - 72
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1976

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