Electrostatic solitary waves and electrostatic waves at the magnetopause

DB Graham, YV Khotyaintsev… - Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Electrostatic solitary waves (ESWs) are characterized by localized bipolar electric fields
parallel to the magnetic field and are frequently observed in space plasmas. In this paper a …

Characteristics of parallel electric fields in the downward current region of the aurora

L Andersson, RE Ergun, DL Newman… - Physics of …, 2002 - pubs.aip.org
Direct measurements of parallel electric fields suggest that they are, in part, self-consistently
supported as strong double layers in the auroral downward current region. The observed …

Alfvén wave interaction with inhomogeneous plasmas: acceleration and energy cascade towards small-scales

V Génot, P Louarn, F Mottez - Annales Geophysicae, 2004 - angeo.copernicus.org
Investigating the process of electron acceleration in auroral regions, we present a study of
the temporal evolution of the interaction of Alfvén waves (AW) with a plasma …

Simulations of electromagnetic emissions produced in a thin plasma by a continuously injected electron beam

VV Annenkov, IV Timofeev, EP Volchok - Physics of Plasmas, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
In this paper, electromagnetic emissions produced in a thin beam-plasma system are
studied using two-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations. For the first time, the problem of …

Multisatellite MMS analysis of electron holes in the Earth's magnetotail: Origin, properties, velocity gap, and transverse instability

A Lotekar, IY Vasko, FS Mozer… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
We present a statistical analysis of more than 2,400 electrostatic solitary waves interpreted
as electron holes (EH) measured aboard at least three Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) …

Modeling stretched solitary waves along magnetic field lines

L Muschietti, I Roth, CW Carlson… - Nonlinear Processes in …, 2002 - npg.copernicus.org
A model is presented for a new type of fast solitary waves which is observed in downward
current regions of the auroral zone. The three-dimensional, coherent structures are …

Electron holes, ion waves, and anomalous resistivity in space plasmas

LP Dyrud, MM Oppenheim - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Phase‐space electron holes are seen in simulations, laboratory plasmas, and many regions
of the Earth's space environment. We present simulations of beam plasmas showing that the …

Formation of electrostatic solitary waves in space plasmas: Particle simulations with open boundary conditions

T Umeda, Y Omura, H Matsumoto… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
We study formation process of electrostatic solitary waves (ESW) observed by recent
spacecraft via one‐and two‐dimensional electrostatic particle simulations with open …

Fast evolving spatial structure of auroral parallel electric fields

V Génot, P Louarn, F Mottez - Journal of Geophysical …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
We use a new nonlinear guiding center particle in cell code to investigate the role of Alfvén
waves in the auroral particle acceleration. The propagation of an Alfvén wave in an …

Evolution of electron phase space holes in inhomogeneous plasmas

IY Vasko, IV Kuzichev, OV Agapitov, FS Mozer… - Physics of …, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
Electron phase space holes or vortices (EHs) are electrostatic solitary waves with a bipolar
parallel (magnetic field-aligned) electric field. They are formed in a nonlinear stage of …