Title :
Coronal transient from drift electric field
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Beijing Normal Univ., China
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;
Conference_Titel :
Plasma Science, 1997. IEEE Conference Record - Abstracts., 1997 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3990-8
DOI :
10.1109/PLASMA.1997.605041