Stability analysis of core–strahl electron distributions in the solar wind

Stability analysis of core–strahl electron distributions in the solar wind
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太阳风中核心斯特拉尔电子分布的稳定性分析

DOI:
10.1093/mnras/sty1808
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发表时间:
2018
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4.8
通讯作者:
Jenko, Frank
Jenko, Frank
中科院分区:
物理与天体物理2区
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作者:
Horaites, Konstantinos;Astfalk, Patrick;Boldyrev, Stanislav;Jenko, Frank

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In this work, we analyse the kinetic stability of a solar wind electron distribution composed of core and strahl subpopulations. The core is modelled by a drifting Maxwellian distribution, while the strahl is modelled by an analytic function recently derived in (Horaites et al. ) from the collisional kinetic equation. We perform a numerical linear stability analysis using the LEOPARD solver (Astfalk & Jenko ), which allows for arbitrary gyrotropic distribution functions in a magnetized plasma. In contrast with previous reports, we do not find evidence for a whistler instability directly associated with the electron strahl. This may be related to the more realistic shape of the electron strahl distribution function adopted in our work, as compared to previous studies. We, however, find that for typical solar wind conditions, the core–strahl distribution is unstable to the kinetic Alfvén and magnetosonic modes. The maximum growth rates for these instabilities occur at wavenumberskdi≲ 1 (wherediis the ion inertial length), at moderately oblique angles of propagation, thus providing a potential source of kinetic-scale turbulence. We therefore suggest that if the whistler modes are invoked to explain anomalous scattering of strahl particles, these modes may appear as a result of nonlinear mode coupling and turbulent cascade originating at scaleskdi≲ 1.
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