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arXiv 1507.06233astro-ph.SRphysics.plasm-ph
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通过大尺度相混合产生动力学Alfvén波

Kinetic Alfvén waves generation by large-scale phase-mixing

C. L. Vasconez, F. Pucci, F. Valentini, S. Servidio, W. H. Matthaeus, F. Malara

摘要:

太阳风湍流的一种观点是,在质子惯性长度$d_p$附近的空间尺度上观察到的高度各向异性波动可以被认为是动力学阿尔文波(KAWs)。在本文中,我们展示了如何相位混合的大规模平行传播阿尔文波是一个有效的机制,在接近$d_p$的波长和大传播角的磁场的KAWs的生产。磁流体动力学(MHD),霍尔磁流体动力学(HMHD),和混合Vlasov-Maxwell(HVM)模拟阿尔文波在非均匀等离子体中的传播。在线性区域,通过比较MHD和HMHD结果,指出色散效应的作用。相位混合产生的波动被确定为KAWs通过比较的偏振磁波动和波群速度与分析线性预测。在非线性制度,HMHD和HVM模拟的比较允许指出的作用,动力学效应在塑造质子分布函数。我们观察到相对于本地磁场和生产的场对准光束的温度各向异性的产生。质子分布函数高度偏离热平衡的区域位于剪切层内部,其中KAW被激发,这表明质子分布的扭曲是由质子与KAW波动的共振相互作用驱动的。我们的结果是相关的配置中存在磁场不均匀性,例如,在太阳日冕中的阿尔文波的存在已被确定。

英文摘要:

One view of the solar-wind turbulence is that the observed highly anisotropic fluctuations at spatial scales near the proton inertial length $d_p$ may be considered as Kinetic Alfvén waves (KAWs). In the present paper, we show how phase-mixing of large-scale parallel propagating Alfvén waves is an efficient mechanism for the production of KAWs at wavelengths close to $d_p$ and at large propagation angle with respect to the magnetic field. Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD), Hall-Magnetohydrodynamic (HMHD), and hybrid Vlasov-Maxwell (HVM) simulations modeling the propagation of Alfvén waves in inhomogeneous plasmas are performed. In linear regime, the role of dispersive effects is singled out by comparing MHD and HMHD results. Fluctuations produced by phase-mixing are identified as KAWs through a comparison of polarization of magnetic fluctuations and wave group velocity with analytical linear predictions. In the nonlinear regime, comparison of HMHD and HVM simulations allows to point out the role of kinetic effects in shaping the proton distribution function. We observe generation of temperature anisotropy with respect to the local magnetic field and production of field-aligned beams. The regions where the proton distribution function highly departs from thermal equilibrium are located inside the shear layers, where the KAWs are excited, this suggesting that the distortions of the proton distribution are driven by a resonant interaction of protons with KAW fluctuations. Our results are relevant in configurations where magnetic field inhomogeneities are present, as, for example, in the solar corona where the presence of Alfvén waves has been ascertained.

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