Ray tracing of ion-cyclotron waves in a coronal funnel
Astrophysics
2007-06-08 v1
Abstract
Remote observations of coronal holes have strongly implicated the kinetic interactions of ion-cyclotron waves with ions as a principal mechanism for plasma heating and acceleration of the fast solar wind. In order to study these waves, a linear perturbation analysis is used in the work frame of the collisionless multi-fluid model. We consider a non-uniform background plasma describing a funnel region and use the ray tracing equations to compute the ray path of the waves as well as the spatial variation of their properties.
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@article{arxiv.0706.0936,
title = {Ray tracing of ion-cyclotron waves in a coronal funnel},
author = {R. Mecheri and E. Marsch},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0706.0936},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
4 pages, 3 figures Modern Solar Facilities, Advanced Solar Science, Universitatsverlag Goettingen 2007