Citation
Pk. Shukla et al., PONDEROMOTIVE FORCE ACCELERATION OF IONS IN THE AURORAL REGION, J GEO R-S P, 101(A12), 1996, pp. 27449-27451
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Geosciences, Interdisciplinary","Astronomy & Astrophysics","Metereology & Atmospheric Sciences
Journal title
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SPACE PHYSICS
ISSN journal
21699380
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Volume
101
Issue
A12
Year of publication
1996
Pages
27449 - 27451
Database
ISI
SICI code
2169-9380(1996)101:A12<27449:PFAOII>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
A general description of ion acceleration by the ponderomotive forces
or circularly polarized electromagnetic waves with arbitrary frequency
in magnetized plasmas is presented. The time derivative parallel pond
eromotive force turns out to play an important role for nonstationary
ion acceleration. Our results can be useful in understanding the accel
eration of escaping ions in the presence of intense electromagnetic wa
ves in the auroral zone of the Earth's ionosphere.