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Alfvenic Turbulence对太阳风中质子速度分布的修正

Modification of Proton Velocity Distributions by Alfvenic Turbulence in the Solar Wind

Viviane Pierrard, Yuriy Voitenko

摘要:

本文通过数值求解动力学演化方程,确定了太阳风中的质子速度分布函数。我们比较了考虑外力和库仑碰撞的影响与考虑阿尔芬波湍流影响的结果。我们使用Fokker-Planck扩散项由于Alfvenic湍流,考虑到所观察到的湍流谱和动力学效应的有限质子回旋半径。假设一个位移麦克斯韦质子VDF在模拟边界在14个太阳半径,我们表明,湍流导致一个快速的(在几个太阳半径)发展的反向阳尾质子VDF。我们的研究结果提供了一个自然的解释质子VDFs,这是经常观察到的现场太阳风超过0.3 AU的非热尾。

英文摘要:

In the present paper, the proton velocity distribution function (VDF)in the solar wind is determined by solving numerically the kinetic evolution equation. We compare the results obtained when considering the effects of ex- ternal forces and Coulomb collisions with those obtained by adding effects of Alfven wave turbulence. We use Fokker-Planck diffusion terms due to Alfvenic turbulence, which take into account observed turbulence spectra and kinetic effects of finite proton gyroradius. Assuming a displaced Maxwellian for the proton VDF at the simulation boundary at 14 solar radii, we show that the turbulence leads to a fast (within several solar radii) development of the anti-sunward tail in the proton VDF. Our results provide a natural explanation for the nonthermal tails in the proton VDFs, which are often observed in-situ in the solar wind beyond 0.3 AU.

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