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turbulence磁场方向变化对动力学尺度不稳定性的影响

The effect of variations in magnetic field direction from turbulence on kinetic-scale instabilities

Simon Opie, Daniel Verscharen, Christopher H. K. Chen, Christopher J. Owen, Philip A. Isenberg

摘要:

在太阳风的动力学尺度上,不稳定性将能量从粒子转移到电磁场的波动,同时使等离子体条件恢复到热力学平衡。我们调查的背景湍流波动之间的相互作用,在小尺度端的惯性范围和动力学不稳定性,以减少质子温度各向异性。我们分析了太阳轨道飞行器任务的太阳风观测数据,以确定磁场方向的变化。我们发现,非平衡条件足以导致微观不稳定性的等离子体与高水平的可变性相一致。我们表明,我们的措施,在磁场的波动是非遍历的区域不稳定的温度各向异性驱动的不稳定性的增长。我们的结论是,湍流和不稳定性之间的竞争在太阳风质子尺度能量学的调节中起着重要的作用。这种竞争不仅取决于磁场的变化,而且在非平衡条件下的等离子体的空间持久性。

英文摘要:

At kinetic scales in the solar wind, instabilities transfer energy from particles to fluctuations in the electromagnetic fields while restoring plasma conditions towards thermodynamic equilibrium. We investigate the interplay between background turbulent fluctuations at the small-scale end of the inertial range and kinetic instabilities acting to reduce proton temperature anisotropy. We analyse in-situ solar wind observations from the Solar Orbiter mission to develop a measure for variability in the magnetic field direction. We find that non-equilibrium conditions sufficient to cause micro-instabilities in the plasma coincide with elevated levels of variability. We show that our measure for the fluctuations in the magnetic field is non-ergodic in regions unstable to the growth of temperature anisotropy-driven instabilities. We conclude that the competition between the action of the turbulence and the instabilities plays a significant role in the regulation of the proton-scale energetics of the solar wind. This competition depends not only on the variability of the magnetic field but also on the spatial persistence of the plasma in non-equilibrium conditions.

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