Dynamics of charged particles and perpendicular diffusion in turbulent magnetic field |
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Authors: | Xinliang?Gao Email author" target="_blank">Quanming?LuEmail author Shui?Wang |
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Institution: | 1.CAS Key Laboratory of Basic Plasma Physics, Department of Geophysics and Planetary Science,University of Science and Technology of China,Hefei,China;2.State Key Laboratory of Space Weather,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing,China |
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Abstract: | A test particle code is employed to explore the dynamics of charged particles and perpendicular diffusion in turbulent magnetic
field, where a three-dimensional (3D) isotropic turbulence model is used in this paper. The obtained perpendicular diffusion
at different particle energies is compared with that of the nonlinear guiding center (NLGC) theory. It is found that the NLGC
theory is consistent with test particle simulations when the particle energies are small. However, the difference between
the NLGC theory and test particle simulations tends to increase when the particle energy is sufficiently large, and the threshold
is related to the turbulence bend-over length. In the NLGC theory, the gyrocenter of a charged particle is assumed to follow
the magnetic field line. Therefore, when the particle has sufficiently large energy, its gyroradius will be larger than the
turbulence bend-over length. Then the particle can cross the magnetic field lines, and the difference between the test particle
simulations and NLGC theory occurs. |
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