Ion acceleration by parallel propagating nonlinear Alfvén wave packets in a radially expanding plasma

The numerical simulation of the nonlinear evolution of the parallel propagating Alfvén waves in a radially expanding plasma is performed by using a kinetic-fluid model (the Vlasov–MHD model). In our study, both the nonlinear evolution of the Alfvén waves and the radial evolution of the velocity dist...

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Main Authors: Y. Nariyuki, T. Umeda, T. K. Suzuki, T. Hada
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2014-02-01
Series:Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics
Online Access:http://www.nonlin-processes-geophys.net/21/339/2014/npg-21-339-2014.pdf