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Numerical study of electrostatic electron cyclotron harmonic waves due to Maxwellian ring velocity distributions

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Excitation of electrostatic electron cyclotron harmonic (ECH) waves is studied by performing linear dispersion analysis and particle-in-cell computer simulation. The ECH wave emissions can be excited by a positive slope in a velocity distribution function perpendicular to the ambient magnetic field, such as that due to a loss cone or ring velocity distribution. However, there exists no analytic expression for integration of Maxwellian ring velocity distribution functions. Here we present a method to solve the linear dispersion relations of Maxwellian ring velocity distribution functions with numerical integration. The obtained dispersion relations are confirmed by particle-in-cell simulation.

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Umeda, T. Numerical study of electrostatic electron cyclotron harmonic waves due to Maxwellian ring velocity distributions. Earth Planet Sp 59, 1205–1210 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1186/BF03352068

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Key words

  • Electron cyclotron waves
  • linear dispersion analysis
  • numerical simulation