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关于太阳高能粒子漂移的湍流减小

On the Turbulent Reduction of Drifts for Solar Energetic Particles

J. P. van den Berg, N. E. Engelbrecht, N. Wijsen, R. D. Strauss

摘要:

一些作者提出了垂直于背景磁场的粒子漂移,作为太阳高能粒子(SEP)非常有效的垂直输运的解释。然而,这个过程会与由磁湍流引起的垂直扩散竞争,这也会破坏漂移模式并降低漂移效应的效率。后一种现象在宇宙射线研究中是众所周知的,但在SEP模型中尚未考虑。此外,SEP模型不包括漂移,特别是对于电子,使用湍流漂移减少作为这种省略的理由,而没有严格评估或测试这一假设。本文提出了SEP传输中漂移抑制理论的第一个理论步骤。这是通过推导出的依赖于漂移减少功能与俯仰角的依赖性,适用于各向异性粒子分布,并通过调查在何种程度上漂移将减少在现实的湍流条件和不同的俯仰角的依赖性的垂直扩散系数的内日光层。导出的湍流漂移减少因子对运输的SEP的影响进行了测试,使用一个国家的最先进的SEP运输代码,几个表达式的理论推导的垂直扩散系数。据发现,在现实的湍流条件下,在日光层内,交叉场扩散将有最大的影响,垂直运输的SEP,而不是粒子漂移。

英文摘要:

Particle drifts perpendicular to the background magnetic field have been proposed by some authors as an explanation for the very efficient perpendicular transport of solar energetic particles (SEPs). This process, however, competes with perpendicular diffusion caused by magnetic turbulence, which can also disrupt the drift patterns and reduce the efficiency of drift effects. The latter phenomenon is well known in cosmic ray studies, but not yet considered in SEP models. Additionally, SEP models which do not include drifts, especially for electrons, use turbulent drift reduction as a justification of this omission, without critically evaluating or testing this assumption. This article presents the first theoretical step for a theory of drift suppression in SEP transport. This is done by deriving the turbulence-dependent drift reduction function with a pitch-angle dependence, as applicable for anisotropic particle distributions, and by investigating to what extent drifts will be reduced in the inner heliosphere for realistic turbulence conditions and different pitch-angle dependencies of the perpendicular diffusion coefficient. The influence of the derived turbulent drift reduction factors on the transport of SEPs are tested, using a state-of-the-art SEP transport code, for several expressions of theoretically-derived perpendicular diffusion coefficients. It is found, for realistic turbulence conditions in the inner heliosphere, that cross-field diffusion will have the largest influence on the perpendicular transport of SEPs, as opposed to particle drifts.

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