Plasma Wave Generation in the Ionosphere and Plasmasphere by Super-Thermal Electrons

本计画将探讨在电离层电浆激发系统中，由于超热电子的存在，电浆波产生的线性阶段。 PI将继续发展电离层和等离子体中超热电子的动力学理论。 项目目标将通过探索以下方面来实现：（1）数值研究了电离层和等离子体中超热电子沿着开放和闭合地磁场线运动的非稳态Boltzmann-Landau动力学方程;（2）一个新的含时20矩多组分低B等离子体流输运模型中超热电子的非稳态耦合;（3）超热电子非稳态输运的电动力学方面，以及（4）由于超热电子的存在，电离层-等离子体系统中等离子体波产生的线性理论。

This project will investigate a linear stage of the plasma wave generation in the ionosphere-plasmasphere system due to the presence of superthermal electrons. The PI will continue to develop a kinetic theory of superthermal electrons in the ionosphere and plasmasphere. Project goals will be accomplished through exploration of: (1) a numerical study of the non-steady- state Boltzmann-Landau kinetic equation for superthermal electrons in the ionosphere and plasmasphere along open and closed geomagnetic field lines, (2) the non-steady-state coupling of the superthermal electrons in a new time-dependent 20 moment transport model of multispecies low-B plasma flows, (3) an electrodynamical aspect of the non-steady-state transport of superthermal electrons, and (4) the linear theory of plasma wave generation in the ionosphere-plasmasphere system due to the presence of superthermal electrons.***