Determining pitch-angle diffusion coefficients for electrons in whistler turbulence

Autor:	Spanier, Felix, Schreiner, Cedric, Schlickeiser, Reinhard
Rok vydání:	2021
Předmět:	Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena Physics - Plasma Physics
Druh dokumentu:	Working Paper
Popis:	Transport of energetic electrons in the heliosphere is governed by resonant interaction with plasma waves, for for electrons with sub-GeV kinetic energies specifically with dispersive modes in the whistler regime. We have performed Particle in Cell simulations of kinetic turbulence with test-particle electrons. The pitch-angle diffusions coefficients of these test-particles have been analyzed and compared to an analytical model for left- and right-handed polarized wavemodes. Comment: 24 pages, 11 figures; accepted by Physics as part of the special issue "A Themed Issue in Honor of Professor Reinhard Schlickeiser on the Occasion of His 70th Birthday"
Databáze:	arXiv
Externí odkaz:	http://arxiv.org/abs/2112.03999 Zobrazit plný text záznamu View this record from Arxiv