Abstract
The E×B particle guiding center motion caused by two propagating electrostatic waves is investigated. Particle motion is stochastic if three criteria are met: (1) the phase velocities of the two waves are not equal, (2) the E×B drift velocities generated by each wave are nearly the same, and (3) the total E×B drift velocity is larger than the phase velocity of each wave. Particle transport in the stochastic regime is distinguished by three important characteristics: (1) the diffusion coefficient is virtually independent of the electric field fluctuation amplitude Ẽ at large Ẽ, (2) particle transport is generated only by waves which produce nearly commensurate E×B drifts, and (3) the velocity correlation time does not depend on Ẽ, but rather on the wave periods. The physical mechanism underlying stochastic particle transport is discussed. At large Ẽ the transport is dominated by a small group of particles which make long jumps along the separatrix of the potential contours of the waves.
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Created | 22 years, 5 months ago (March 7, 2003, 3:41 p.m.) |
Deposited | 2 years ago (July 28, 2023, 4:18 a.m.) |
Indexed | 1 month ago (July 24, 2025, 7:19 a.m.) |
Issued | 41 years, 1 month ago (July 1, 1984) |
Published | 41 years, 1 month ago (July 1, 1984) |
Published Print | 41 years, 1 month ago (July 1, 1984) |
@article{Kleva_1984, title={Stochastic E × B particle transport}, volume={27}, ISSN={0031-9171}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.864823}, DOI={10.1063/1.864823}, number={7}, journal={The Physics of Fluids}, publisher={AIP Publishing}, author={Kleva, Robert G. and Drake, J. F.}, year={1984}, month=jul, pages={1686–1698} }