Cyclotron waves in the solar wind |
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Authors: | Jiann-Tsorng Horng |
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Institution: | (1) Radio Physics Group, Telecommunication Laboratories, Chung-Li, Taiwan, China |
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Abstract: | Cyclotron waves in the solar wind near 1 AU with frequencies well below the electron cyclotron frequency and wavelengths much larger than the electron cyclotron radius but less than the proton cyclotron radius are considered. The cyclotron radii are defined from parallel thermal velocity of electron component and proton component with respect to the interplanetary magnetic field. No LH cyclotron waves are found to propagate for
p
< 0, where
p
1 –T
p/T
p is the temperature anisotropy of the proton component with respect to the interplanetary magnetic field. The damping or growth of RH cyclotron waves is found to depend on the frequency range and the temperature anisotropy of the proton component. The RH cyclotron waves are damped in the frequency range
r
|
p
|
p
for
p
< 0, where
p
is the proton cyclotron frequency. RH cyclotron instabilities occur in the frequency range |
p
|
p
>
r
> |
p
|
p
/(1–
r
) for
p
< 0. The marginal state is at
r
=|
p
|
p
.Abstract presented at theInternational Symposium on Solar-Terrestrial, São Paulo, Brazil, 17–22 June, 1974 |
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