NASA NTRS · 19810030004
A simulation study of cold electron heating by loss cone instabilities
Abstract
Results are presented of a computer simulation study of electron cyclotron harmonic waves; an electrostatic finite size particle simulation code is used. The initial electron velocity distribution function is modeled as a hot ring perpendicular to the ambient magnetic field and a cold Maxwellian component. Nonlinear cyclotron resonance is found to be the saturation mechanism of the unstable waves and the heating mechanism of the cold electrons. The results can be related to certain ionospheric phenomena.
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Ashour-Abdalla, M., Leboeuf, J. N., Dawson, J. M., Kennel, C. F.. 1980-11-01. A simulation study of cold electron heating by loss cone instabilities. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19810030004
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