Nonlinear damping of oblique whistler mode waves through Landau resonance
Abstract
Nonlinear trapping of electrons through Landau resonance is a characteristic dynamics in oblique whistler-mode wave particle interactions. The resonance velocity of the Landau resonance at quasi-parallel propagation becomes very close to the parallel group velocity of whistler-mode wave at frequency around 0.5 Ωe, causing a long distance of resonant interaction and strong acceleration of resonant electrons [1]. We demonstrate these effective accelerations for electrons with high equatorial pitch angle ( > 60°) by test particle simulations with parameters for the Earth's inner magnetosphere at L=5. In the simulations, we focus on slightly oblique whistler mode waves with wave normal angle < 20°. Analyzing the wave electric field E and the resonant current J, which is composed of electrons undergoing the Landau resonance, we find that the J·E is mainly positive, which denotes the damping of the wave. Furthermore, we confirm that this positive J•E is dominated by transverse component Jperp·Eperp rather than by longitudinal component Jpara·Eperp. The simulation results reveal that the Landau resonance contributes to the nonlinear damping at 0.5 Ωe for whistler mode waves. Reference [1] Hsieh, Y.-K., and Y. Omura (2017), Nonlinear dynamics of electrons interacting with oblique whistler mode chorus in the magnetosphere, J. Geophys. Res. Space Physics, 122, doi:10.1002/2016JA023255.
- Publication:
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AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts
- Pub Date:
- December 2017
- Bibcode:
- 2017AGUFMSM43B2717H
- Keywords:
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- 2722 Forecasting;
- MAGNETOSPHERIC PHYSICS;
- 2730 Magnetosphere: inner;
- MAGNETOSPHERIC PHYSICS;
- 2753 Numerical modeling;
- MAGNETOSPHERIC PHYSICS;
- 2774 Radiation belts;
- MAGNETOSPHERIC PHYSICS