Electron cyclotron heating by whistler waves generated during the interaction of a laser pulse with a magnetized plasma

Numerical simulation of the interaction of a laser pulse propagating along the external magnetic field shows that, along with the electrostatic upper hybrid wave, a laser pulse can parametrically excite a broad spectrum of whistler waves with frequencies below the electron cyclotron frequency. Electron heating predominantly in the direction perpendicular to laser pulse propagation was observed in simulations. In this paper the possible mechanism of transverse electron heating associated with the turbulence of whistler waves parametrically excited by a laser pulse has been investigated