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A nonlinear dispersion of a general stationary wave in collisionless plasma is obtained in a non-differential form from a single-particle oscillation-center Hamiltonian. For electrostatic oscillations in nonmagnetized plasma, considered as…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-05-28 I. Y. Dodin , N. J. Fisch

We make quantitative estimates of the power supplied to the Galactic cosmic ray population by second-order Fermi acceleration in the interstellar medium, or as it is usually termed in cosmic ray propagation studies, diffusive…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-01-18 Luke O'C. Drury , Andrew W. Strong

Cosmic-ray transport in astrophysical environments is often dominated by the diffusion of particles in a magnetic field composed of both a turbulent and a mean component. This process, which is two-fold turbulent mixing in that the particle…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-12-14 P. Reichherzer , L. Merten , J. Dörner , J. Becker Tjus , M. J. Pueschel , E. G. Zweibel

We study the stability of large amplitude, circularly polarized Alfv\'en waves in an anisotropic plasma described by the double-adiabatic/CGL closure, and in particular the effect of a background thermal pressure anisotropy on the…

Space Physics · Physics 2017-12-27 Anna Tenerani , Marco Velli , Petr Hellinger

The saturation of ion cyclotron Alfven turbulence excited by beam particles is investigated using resonance broadening theory. The stochastic scattering which decorrelates particles, includes both random acceleration by electric fields and…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2009-10-30 M. V. Medvedev , P. H. Diamond

Alfv\'en waves are a particular class of magnetohydrodynamic waves relevant in many astrophysical and laboratory plasmas. In partially ionized plasmas the dynamics of Alfv\'en waves is affected by the interaction between ionized and neutral…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 R. Soler , M. Carbonell , J. L. Ballester , J. Terradas

Using two-dimensional hybrid-kinetic simulations, we explore the nonlinear "interruption" of standing and traveling shear-Alfv\'en waves in collisionless plasmas. Interruption involves a self-generated pressure anisotropy removing the…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2017-12-14 J. Squire , M. W. Kunz , E. Quataert , A. A. Schekochihin

We investigate the streaming and thermal instabilities of the electron-ion plasma with homogeneous cold cosmic rays drifting perpendicular to the background magnetic field in the multi-fluid approach. One-dimensional perturbations along the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2012-03-27 Anatoly K. Nekrasov , Mohsen Shadmehri

In collisionless astrophysical plasmas, turbulence mediates the partitioning of free energy among cascade channels and its dissipation into ion and electron heat. The resulting ion heating is often anisotropic, with ions observed to be…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-12-04 Zade Johnston , Jonathan Squire

This paper investigates the distribution and implications of cosmic ray electrons within the intergalactic medium (IGM). Utilizing a synthesis model of the extragalactic background, we evolve the spectrum of Compton-included cosmic rays.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-03-13 Yuanyuan Yang , Heyang Long , Christopher M. Hirata

Plasma outflow or wind against a gravitational potential under the influence of cosmic rays is studied in the context of hydrodynamics. Cosmic rays interact with the plasma via hydromagnetic fluctuations. In the process, cosmic rays advect…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-01-06 B. Ramzan , C. M. Ko , D. O. Chernyshov

We study the influence of kinetic-scale Alfv\'enic turbulence on the generation of plasma radio emission in the solar coronal regions where the plasma/magnetic pressure ratio $\beta $ is smaller than the electron/ion mass ratio…

Space Physics · Physics 2017-11-03 Olena Lyubchyk , Eduard Kontar , Yuriy Voitenko , Nicolas Bian , Donald Melrose

A new mechanism for the enhanced generation of compressible fluctuations by Alfven waves is presented. A strongly nonlinear regime of Alfven wave phase-mixing is numerically simulated in a one-dimensionally inhomogeneous plasma of finite…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 V. M. Nakariakov , D. Tsiklauri , T. D. Arber

The dispersion and damping rate of kinetic Alfv\'en waves are studied in temperature anisotropic space plasma with kappa-Maxwellian distribution. Employing a kinetic approach, the wave frequency and damping rate of kinetic Alfv\'en waves…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2025-12-11 Rui Huo , Jiulin Du , Ran Guo

We perform three dimensional (3D) ideal magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations to study the parametric decay instability of Alfven waves in turbulent plasmas and explore its possible applications in the solar wind. We find that, over a broad…

Space Physics · Physics 2017-06-16 Mijie Shi , Hui Li , Chijie Xiao , Xiaogang Wang

Context. Supernova remnants are known as sources of galactic cosmic rays for their non-thermal emission of radio waves, X-rays, and gamma-rays. However, the observed soft broken power-law spectra are hard to reproduce within standard…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-08-31 Robert Brose , Igor Telezhinsky , Martin Pohl

The nonlinear interaction between electromagnetic waves and plasmas attracts significant attention in astrophysics because it can affect the propagation of Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) -- luminous millisecond-duration pulses detected at radio…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-04-27 Masanori Iwamoto , Emanuele Sobacchi , Lorenzo Sironi

Alfv\'en waves are responsible for the transfer of magnetic energy in the magnetized plasma. They are involved in heating solar atmosphere and driving solar wind through various nonlinear processes. Since the magnetic field configurations…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-08-04 Takahito Sakaue , Kazunari Shibata

We demonstrate that nonlinear decay of obliquely propagating Langmuir waves into Langmuir and Alfven waves (L --> L'+A) is possible in a one-dimensional, highly relativistic, streaming, pair plasma. Such a plasma may be in the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 G. Gogoberidze , G. Z. Machabeli , V. V. Usov

We investigate the interaction of magnetohydrodynamic waves with plasma density inhomogeneities. Our numerical study of the full MHD equations shows that: (A) Plasma density inhomogeneities are a source of non-linear generation of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 D. Tsiklauri , V. M. Nakariakov , T. D. Arber