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Resonant electron diffusion as a saturation process of the synchrotron maser instability

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

M. C. Lee  and
S. P. Kuo
M. C. Lee
Affiliation:
Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
S. P. Kuo
Affiliation:
Polytechnic Institute of New York, Long Island Center, Farmingdalo, New York 11735, USA
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Abstract

The theory of resonant electron diffusion as an effective saturation process of the auroral kilometric radiation has been formulated. The auroral kilometric radiation is assumed to be amplified by the synchrotron maser instability that is driven by an electron distribution of the loss-cone type. The calculated intensity of the saturated radiation is found to have a significantly lower value in comparison with that caused by the quasi-linear diffusion process as an alternative saturation process. This indicates that resonant electron diffusion dominates over quasi-linear diffusion in saturating the synchrotron maser instability.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 35 , Issue 1 , February 1986 , pp. 177 - 184
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1986

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