Particle-in-cell Simulations of the Parallel Proton Firehose Instability Influenced by the Electron Temperature Anisotropy in Solar Wind Conditions

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作者
Micera, A. [1 ,2 ]
Boella, E. [3 ,4 ]
Zhukov, A. N. [1 ,5 ]
Shaaban, S. M. [2 ,6 ]
Lopez, R. A. [2 ]
Lazar, M. [2 ,7 ]
Lapenta, G. [2 ]
机构
[1] Royal Observ Belgium, Solar Terr Ctr Excellence SIDC, Brussels, Belgium
[2] Katholieke Univ Leuven, Ctr Math Plasma Astrophys, Leuven, Belgium
[3] Univ Lancaster, Phys Dept, Lancaster, England
[4] Cockcroft Inst, Daresbury Lab, Warrington, Cheshire, England
[5] Moscow MV Lomonosov State Univ, Skobeltsyn Inst Nucl Phys, Moscow, Russia
[6] Mansoura Univ, Phys Dept, Theoret Phys Res Grp, Mansoura, Egypt
[7] Ruhr Univ Bochum, Inst Theoret Phys Weltraum & Astrophys, Bochum, Germany
基金
英国科学技术设施理事会;
关键词
Solar wind; Plasma astrophysics; Space plasmas; HOSE INSTABILITY; HYBRID SIMULATIONS; ION; TURBULENCE; DRIFT;
D O I
10.3847/1538-4357/ab7faa
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
In situ observations of the solar wind show a limited level of particle temperature anisotropy with respect to the interplanetary magnetic field direction. Kinetic electromagnetic instabilities are efficient to prevent the excessive growth of the anisotropy of particle velocity distribution functions. Among them, the firehose instabilities are often considered to prevent the increase of the parallel temperature and hence to shape the velocity distribution functions of electrons and protons in the solar wind. We present a nonlinear modeling of the parallel firehose instability, retaining a kinetic description for both the electrons and protons. One-dimensional (1D) fully kinetic particle-in-cell simulations using the energy conserving semi-implicit method (ECsim) are performed to clarify the role of the electron temperature anisotropy in the development of the parallel proton firehose instability. We found that in the presence of an electron temperature anisotropy, such that the temperature parallel to the background magnetic field is higher than the temperature in the perpendicular direction, the onset of the parallel proton firehose instability occurs earlier and its growth rate is faster. The enhanced wave fluctuations contribute to the particle scattering reducing the temperature anisotropy to a stable, nearly isotropic state. The simulation results compare well with linear theory. A test case of 1D simulations at oblique angles with respect to the magnetic field is also considered, as a first step to study the cumulative effect of protons and electrons on the full spectrum of instabilities.
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