Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics
Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics
NPG
Articles | Volume 17, issue 5
Articles | Volume 17, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/npg-17-593-2010
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Articles | Volume 17, issue 5
Research article
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26 Oct 2010
Research article |  | 26 Oct 2010

Stability of the strahl electron distribution function and its dynamics

V. I. Shevchenko and V. L. Galinsky

Abstract. It is shown that core-strahl electron system in the solar wind plasma is unstable with respect to excitation of the lower hybrid waves at anomalous Doppler resonance due to anisotropy of the strahl electron velocity distribution. Dynamics of the strahl electron distribution due to interaction with excited waves is studied.

How to cite. Shevchenko, V. I. and Galinsky, V. L.: Stability of the strahl electron distribution function and its dynamics, Nonlin. Processes Geophys., 17, 593–597, https://doi.org/10.5194/npg-17-593-2010, 2010.
Received: 02 Jul 2010 – Revised: 13 Sep 2010 – Accepted: 29 Sep 2010 – Published: 26 Oct 2010