| Effects of cold electron number density variation on whistler-mode wave growth | |
| Tang, R.; Summers, D.; Deng, X.; Tang, R (reprint author), Nanchang Univ, Inst Space Sci & Technol, Nanchang 330031, Peoples R China. | |
| Department | 空间科学部 |
| Source Publication | ANNALES GEOPHYSICAE
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| 2014 | |
| Volume | 32Issue:7Pages:889-898 |
| ISSN | 0992-7689 |
| Language | 英语 |
| Keyword | Space Plasma Physics Wave-particle Interactions |
| Abstract | We examine how the growth of magnetospheric whistler-mode waves depends on the cold (background) electron number density N-0. The analysis is carried out by varying the cold-plasma parameter a = (electron gyrofrequency)(2)/(electron plasma frequency) 2 which is proportional to 1/N-0. For given values of the thermal anisotropy A(T) and the ratio N-h/N-0, where N-h is the hot (energetic) electron number density, we find that, as N-0 decreases, the maximum values of the linear and nonlinear growth rates decrease and the threshold wave amplitude for nonlinear growth increases. Generally, as N-0 decreases, the region of (N-h/N-0, A(T))-parameter space in which nonlinear wave growth can occur becomes more limited; that is, as N-0 decreases, the parameter region permitting nonlinear wave growth shifts to the top right of (N-h/N-0, A(T)) space characterized by larger N-h/N-0 values and larger A(T) values. The results have implications for choosing input parameters for full-scale particle simulations and also in the analysis of whistler-mode chorus data. |
| Indexed By | SCI |
| Document Type | 期刊论文 |
| Identifier | http://ir.nssc.ac.cn/handle/122/4478 |
| Collection | 空间科学部 |
| Corresponding Author | Tang, R (reprint author), Nanchang Univ, Inst Space Sci & Technol, Nanchang 330031, Peoples R China. |
| Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Tang, R.,Summers, D.,Deng, X.,et al. Effects of cold electron number density variation on whistler-mode wave growth[J]. ANNALES GEOPHYSICAE,2014,32(7):889-898. |
| APA | Tang, R.,Summers, D.,Deng, X.,&Tang, R .(2014).Effects of cold electron number density variation on whistler-mode wave growth.ANNALES GEOPHYSICAE,32(7),889-898. |
| MLA | Tang, R.,et al."Effects of cold electron number density variation on whistler-mode wave growth".ANNALES GEOPHYSICAE 32.7(2014):889-898. |
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