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Velocity Space Diffusion from Weak Plasma Turbulence in a Magnetic Field


AuthorKennel, C.;
KeywordsLocal Loss due to VLF/ELF/EMIC Waves
AbstractThe quasi-linear velocity space diffusion is considered for waves of any oscillation branch propagating at an arbitrary angle to a uniform magnetic field in a spatially uniform plasma. The space-averaged distribution function is assumed to change slowly compared to a gyroperiod and characteristic times of the wave motion. Nonlinear mode coupling is neglected. An H-like theorem shows that both resonant and nonresonant quasi-linear diffusion force the particle distributions towards marginal stablity. Creation of the marginally stable state in the presence of a sufficiently broad wave spectrum in general involves diffusing particles to infinite energies, and so the marginally stable plateau is not accessible physically, except in special cases. Resonant particles with velocities much larger than typical phase velocities in the excited spectrum are scattered primarily in pitch angle about the magnetic field. Only particles with velocities the order of the wave phase velocities or less are scattered in energy at a rate comparable with their pitch angle scattering rate.
Year of Publication1966
JournalPhysics of Fluids
Volume9
Number of Pages2377
Section
Date Published12/1966
ISBN
URLhttp://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/journal/pof1/9/12/10.1063/1.1761629
DOI10.1063/1.1761629