Nonconvective ion cyclotron instability |
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Authors: | S Wandzura FV Coroniti |
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Institution: | Physics Department, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90024, U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | The electromagnetic ion cyclotron instability is shown to be nonconvective for a wide range of plasma β's and ring current proton anisotropies A. The addition of cold plasma to the ring current enlarges the region of the β-A parameter space for nonconvective instability. Thus, despite the high Alfvén speed outside the plasmasphere, ion cyclotron wave amplitudes could grow to appreciable levels and contribute to the pitch-angle and energy diffusion of ring current protons. |
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