DocumentCode
1907566
Title
Coronal transient from drift electric field
Author
Han Jiling
Author_Institution
Dept. of Phys., Beijing Normal Univ., China
fYear
1997
fDate
19-22 May 1997
Firstpage
267
Abstract
Summary form only given, as follows. Without flare in company with, in the region of plasma turbulence the coronal transient can also be created by an electric field which arises from the transient magnetic field. In the solar active region, the transient magnetic field B with time can induct a vortex electric field E/sub c/. The E/sub c/ may create a drift electric field E/sub v/ of E/sub c//spl times/B. The E/sub c/ and E/sub v/ interaction will cause unlimited growth of drift instability and lead to strong turbulence of ion-acoustic waves. When plasma turbulence is fully developed and a "runaway" electron beam is formed, in the turbulent region, Coulomb collision damping and Landau collisionless damping can be neglected. In this case, the acceleration of an electric field becomes effective under certain conditions, the transient magnetic energy is effectively transformed into transient kinetic energy by plasma turbulence and electric field acceleration.
Keywords
corona; drift instability; electric fields; plasma ion acoustic waves; plasma turbulence; solar activity; solar corona; solar flares; Coulomb collision damping; Landau collisionless damping; coronal transient; drift electric field; drift instability; ion-acoustic waves; plasma turbulence; runaway electron beam; solar active region; transient magnetic field; vortex electric field; Acceleration; Damping; Electron beams; Magnetic fields; Magnetosphere; Physics; Plasma accelerators; Plasma waves; Satellites; Stochastic processes;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Plasma Science, 1997. IEEE Conference Record - Abstracts., 1997 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location
San Diego, CA, USA
ISSN
0730-9244
Print_ISBN
0-7803-3990-8
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/PLASMA.1997.605041
Filename
605041
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