By performing one-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations,the nonlinear effects of electronacoustic(EA)waves are investigated in a multispecies plasma,whose constituents are hot electrons,cold electrons,and beam elec...By performing one-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations,the nonlinear effects of electronacoustic(EA)waves are investigated in a multispecies plasma,whose constituents are hot electrons,cold electrons,and beam electrons with immobile neutralized positive ions.Numerical analyses have identified that EA waves with a sufficiently large amplitude tend to trap cold electrons.Because EA waves are dispersive,where the wave modes with different wavenumbers have different phase velocities,the trapping may lead to the nlixing of cold electrons.The cold electrons finally get thermalized or heated.The investigation also shows that the excited EA waves give rise to a broad range of wave frequencies,which may be helpful for understanding the broadband-electrostatic-noise spectrum in the Earth's auroral region.展开更多
基金the NNSF of China(41774151,41631071,41527804)Key Research Program of Frontier Sciences CAS(QYZDJ-SSW-DQC010)+3 种基金USTC Research Funds of the Double First-Class Initiativethe Fundamental Research Funds for the Central UniversitiesYoung Elite Scientists Sponsorship Program by CAST(2018QNRC001)the Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDB41000000).
基金the support from Chinese Academy of Science(CAS)TWAS for his Ph.D studies at the University of Science and Technology of China in the category of a 2016 CAS-TWAS President’s Fellowship Awardee(Series No.2016-172)+1 种基金partially supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.41331067,41774169,and 41527804)the Key Research Program of Frontier Sciences,CAS(QYZDJ-SSW-DQC010)
文摘By performing one-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations,the nonlinear effects of electronacoustic(EA)waves are investigated in a multispecies plasma,whose constituents are hot electrons,cold electrons,and beam electrons with immobile neutralized positive ions.Numerical analyses have identified that EA waves with a sufficiently large amplitude tend to trap cold electrons.Because EA waves are dispersive,where the wave modes with different wavenumbers have different phase velocities,the trapping may lead to the nlixing of cold electrons.The cold electrons finally get thermalized or heated.The investigation also shows that the excited EA waves give rise to a broad range of wave frequencies,which may be helpful for understanding the broadband-electrostatic-noise spectrum in the Earth's auroral region.
