Acoustic Kappa-Density Fluctuation Waves in Suprathermal Kappa Function Fluids

Autor: Collier, Michael R., Roberts, Aaron, Vinas, Adolfo
Rok vydání: 2007
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Zdroj: Adv.SpaceRes.41:1704-1709,2008
Druh dokumentu: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2007.10.017
Popis: We describe a new wave mode similar to the acoustic wave in which both density and velocity fluctuate. Unlike the acoustic wave in which the underlying distribution is Maxwellian, this new wave mode occurs when the underlying distribution is a suprathermal kappa function and involves fluctuations in the power law index, kappa. This wave mode always propagates faster than the acoustic wave with an equivalent effective temperature and becomes the acoustic wave in the Maxwellian limit as kappa goes to infinity.
Comment: 11 pages, 2 figures, in press ASR
Databáze: arXiv