The Effects of Nonequilibrium Velocity Distributions on Alfvén Ion-cyclotron Waves in the Solar Wind

The Effects of Nonequilibrium Velocity Distributions on Alfvén Ion-cyclotron Waves in the Solar Wind

In this work, we investigate how the complex structure found in solar wind proton velocity distribution functions (VDFs), rather than the commonly assumed two-component bi-Maxwellian structure, affects the onset and evolution of parallel-propagating microinstabilities. We use the Arbitrary Linear Pl...

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Main Authors: Jada Walters, Kristopher G. Klein, Emily Lichko, Michael L. Stevens, Daniel Verscharen, Benjamin D. G. Chandran
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2023-01-01
Series:The Astrophysical Journal
Subjects:
Plasma physics
Solar wind
Alfven waves
Space plasmas
Plasma astrophysics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/acf1fa

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https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/acf1fa

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