Particle acceleration in tangential discontinuities by lower hybrid waves

D. Spicer (1) , R. Bingham (2, 3) , J. Huba (4) , V. D. Shapiro (5)

1 Code 930
2 RAL - STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
3 Dept. Physics and Applied Physics
4 Beam Physics Branch
5 Dept. Electrical and Computer Engineering

We consider the role that the lower-hybrid wave turbulence plays in providing the necessary resistivity at collisionless reconnection sights. The mechanism for generating the waves is considered to be the lower-hybrid drift instability. We find that the level of the wave amplitude is sufficient enough to heat and accelerate both electrons and ions.

Domaines: Cosmologie et astrophysique extra-galactique [astro-ph.CO]; Astrophysique [astro-ph]; Sciences de la Terre

D. Spicer, R. Bingham, J. Huba, V. D. Shapiro. Particle acceleration in tangential discontinuities by lower hybrid waves. Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics, 2002, 9 (2), pp.121-124. ⟨hal-00302086⟩