Kinetic Alfven wave instability driven by a field-aligned current in high-beta plasmas
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| 作者 | Chen, L.1,2 ; Wu, D. J.1; Hua, Y. P.1,2
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| 刊名 | PHYSICAL REVIEW E
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| 出版日期 | 2011-10-19 |
| 卷号 | 84期号:4页码:046406 |
| 关键词 | CORONAL LOOP OSCILLATIONS ELECTRON ACCELERATION NONLINEAR EXCITATION TRANSITION-REGION HOSE INSTABILITY SOLAR ATMOSPHERE MODE CONVERSION MAGNETIC-FIELD CURRENT SHEETS HEAVY-IONS |
| ISSN号 | 1539-3755 |
| 英文摘要 | Including the ion-gyroradius effect, a general low-frequency kinetic dispersion equation is presented, which simultaneously takes account of a field-aligned current and temperature anisotropy in plasmas. Based on this dispersion equation, kinetic Alfven wave (KAW) instability driven by the field-aligned current, which is carried by the field-aligned drift of electrons relative to ions at a drift velocity V-D, is investigated in a high-beta plasma, where beta is the kinetic-to-magnetic pressure ratio in the plasma. The numerical results show that the KAW instability driven by the field-aligned current has a nonzero growth rate in the parallel wave-number range 0 < k(z) < k(z)(u), where the growth rate reaches a maximum at k(z) similar to k(z)(u)/2. On the other hand, in the perpendicular wave-number range 0 < k(perpendicular to) < k(perpendicular to)(u) the growth rate monotonously decreases with the wave number k(perpendicular to) from a maximum at k(perpendicular to) = 0 to zero at k(perpendicular to) = k(perpendicular to)(u). In particular, the upper boundaries of the growing ranges in the wave-number space, k(z)(u) and k(perpendicular to)(u), as well as the growth rate increase with V-D, imply that there are wider growing ranges and larger growth rate for larger drift velocities. Including the temperature anisotropy of plasma particles, the result shows that the instability conditions for these two driven mechanisms are both modified considerably, in which the growing parametric ranges of KAWs widen. The results have potential importance in understanding the physics of space and astrophysical plasma active phenomena since the field-aligned current, also called the Birkeland current, is one of the most active factors in plasma phenomena. |
| WOS标题词 | Science & Technology ; Physical Sciences |
| 学科主题 | Physics |
| 类目[WOS] | Physics, Fluids & Plasmas ; Physics, Mathematical |
| 研究领域[WOS] | Physics |
| 关键词[WOS] | CORONAL LOOP OSCILLATIONS ; ELECTRON ACCELERATION ; NONLINEAR EXCITATION ; TRANSITION-REGION ; HOSE INSTABILITY ; SOLAR ATMOSPHERE ; MODE CONVERSION ; MAGNETIC-FIELD ; CURRENT SHEETS ; HEAVY-IONS |
| 收录类别 | SCI |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| WOS记录号 | WOS:000296526600004 |
| 公开日期 | 2012-08-07 |
| 源URL | [http://libir.pmo.ac.cn/handle/332002/4503]  |
| 专题 | 紫金山天文台_太阳和太阳系等离子体研究团组 |
| 作者单位 | 1.Chinese Acad Sci, Purple Mt Observ, Nanjing 210008, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Grad Sch, Beijing 100012, Peoples R China |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Chen, L.,Wu, D. J.,Hua, Y. P.. Kinetic Alfven wave instability driven by a field-aligned current in high-beta plasmas[J]. PHYSICAL REVIEW E,2011,84(4):046406. |
| APA | Chen, L.,Wu, D. J.,&Hua, Y. P..(2011).Kinetic Alfven wave instability driven by a field-aligned current in high-beta plasmas.PHYSICAL REVIEW E,84(4),046406. |
| MLA | Chen, L.,et al."Kinetic Alfven wave instability driven by a field-aligned current in high-beta plasmas".PHYSICAL REVIEW E 84.4(2011):046406. |
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