SOME BASIC CONCEPTS OF WAVE-PARTICLE INTERACTIONS IN COLLISIONLESS PLASMAS

Authors
TSURUTANI BT LAKHINA GS
Citation
Bt. Tsurutani et Gs. Lakhina, SOME BASIC CONCEPTS OF WAVE-PARTICLE INTERACTIONS IN COLLISIONLESS PLASMAS, Reviews of geophysics, 35(4), 1997, pp. 491-501
Citations number
50
Categorie Soggetti
Geochemitry & Geophysics
Journal title
Reviews of geophysics → ACNP
ISSN journal
87551209
Volume
35
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
491 - 501
Database
ISI
SICI code
8755-1209(1997)35:4<491:SBCOWI>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
The physical concepts of wave-particle interactions in a collisionless plasma are developed from first principles. Using the Lorentz force, starting with the concepts of particle gyromotion, particle mirroring and the loss cone, normal and anomalous cyclotron resonant interaction s, pitch angle scattering, and cross-field diffusion are developed. To aid the reader, graphic illustrations are provided.