Published September 2015 | Version v1
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Kinetic theory of turbulence for parallel propagation revisited: Low-to-intermediate frequency regime

  • 1. School of Space Research, Kyung Hee University, Yongin, Gyeonggi 446-701 (Korea, Republic of)
  • 2. University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742 (United States)

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A previous paper [P. H. Yoon, "Kinetic theory of turbulence for parallel propagation revisited: Formal results," Phys. Plasmas 22, 082309 (2015)] revisited the second-order nonlinear kinetic theory for turbulence propagating in directions parallel/anti-parallel to the ambient magnetic field, in which the original work according to Yoon and Fang [Phys. Plasmas 15, 122312 (2008)] was refined, following the paper by Gaelzer et al. [Phys. Plasmas 22, 032310 (2015)]. The main finding involved the dimensional correction pertaining to discrete-particle effects in Yoon and Fang's theory. However, the final result was presented in terms of formal linear and nonlinear susceptibility response functions. In the present paper, the formal equations are explicitly written down for the case of low-to-intermediate frequency regime by making use of approximate forms for the response functions. The resulting equations are sufficiently concrete so that they can readily be solved by numerical means or analyzed by theoretical means. The derived set of equations describe nonlinear interactions of quasi-parallel modes whose frequency range covers the Alfvén wave range to ion-cyclotron mode, but is sufficiently lower than the electron cyclotron mode. The application of the present formalism may range from the nonlinear evolution of whistler anisotropy instability in the high-beta regime, and the nonlinear interaction of electrons with whistler-range turbulence

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Journal Title
Physics of Plasmas
Journal Volume
22
Journal Issue
9
Journal Page Range
p. 092307-092307.10
ISSN
1070-664X
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