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Wave-powered Relativistic Electron Generation in Nonuniform Magnetic Fields

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

M. P. Leubner
M. P. Leubner*
Affiliation:
Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Innsbruck, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria

Abstract

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The generation of superthermal electron populations due to resonant energy transfer from Alfvén wave packets can be studied sufficiently well within the Fokker-Planck diffusive formalism, where the particle energization is induced through Landau interaction. From the calculation of the magnetic-field-dependent diffusion operator of an Alfvén wave spectrum, it is demonstrated how resonant energization can be forced in nonuniform magnetic field configurations. On this basis, a mechanism for the acceleration of electrons from thermal to relativistic energies is presented where the specific magnetic field geometry acts as catalyst, providing a highly effective source for synergetic electron energization.

Type
Part I: Talks
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 195: Highly Energetic Physical Processes and Mechanisms , 2000 , pp. 315 - 316
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2000 

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