On the compressibility effect in test particle acceleration by magnetohydrodynamic turbulence
The effect of compressibility in a charged particle energization by magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) fields is studied in the context of test particle simulations. This problem is relevant to the solar wind and the solar corona due to the compressible nature of the flow in those astrophysical scenarios. We...
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paper:paper_1070664X_v23_n8_p_Gonzalez2023-06-08T16:04:41Z On the compressibility effect in test particle acceleration by magnetohydrodynamic turbulence Dmitruk, Pablo Ariel Mininni, Pablo Daniel Acceleration Charged particles Compressibility Electric fields Electromagnetic fields Electrons Incompressible flow Kinetic theory Magnetic fields Turbulence Compressibility effects Electron acceleration Electron pressures Guide magnetic field Magnetohydrodynamic turbulence Numerical experiments Particle dynamics Proton acceleration Magnetohydrodynamics The effect of compressibility in a charged particle energization by magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) fields is studied in the context of test particle simulations. This problem is relevant to the solar wind and the solar corona due to the compressible nature of the flow in those astrophysical scenarios. We consider turbulent electromagnetic fields obtained from direct numerical simulations of the MHD equations with a strong background magnetic field. In order to explore the flow compressibility effect over the particle dynamics, we performed different numerical experiments: an incompressible case and two weak compressible cases with Mach number M = 0.1 and M = 0.25. We analyze the behavior of protons and electrons in those turbulent fields, which are well known to form aligned current sheets in the direction of the guide magnetic field. What we call protons and electrons are test particles with scales comparable to (for protons) and much smaller than (for electrons) the dissipative scale of MHD turbulence, maintaining the correct mass ratio m e / m i. For these test particles, we show that compressibility enhances the efficiency of proton acceleration, and that the energization is caused by perpendicular electric fields generated between currents sheets. On the other hand, electrons remain magnetized and display an almost adiabatic motion, with no effect of compressibility observed. Another set of numerical experiments takes into account two fluid modifications, namely, electric field due to Hall effect and electron pressure gradient. We show that the electron pressure has an important contribution to electron acceleration allowing highly parallel energization. In contrast, no significant effect of these additional terms is observed for the protons. © 2016 Author(s). Fil:Dmitruk, P. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. Fil:Mininni, P.D. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. 2016 https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_1070664X_v23_n8_p_Gonzalez http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_1070664X_v23_n8_p_Gonzalez |
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Acceleration Charged particles Compressibility Electric fields Electromagnetic fields Electrons Incompressible flow Kinetic theory Magnetic fields Turbulence Compressibility effects Electron acceleration Electron pressures Guide magnetic field Magnetohydrodynamic turbulence Numerical experiments Particle dynamics Proton acceleration Magnetohydrodynamics |
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Acceleration Charged particles Compressibility Electric fields Electromagnetic fields Electrons Incompressible flow Kinetic theory Magnetic fields Turbulence Compressibility effects Electron acceleration Electron pressures Guide magnetic field Magnetohydrodynamic turbulence Numerical experiments Particle dynamics Proton acceleration Magnetohydrodynamics Dmitruk, Pablo Ariel Mininni, Pablo Daniel On the compressibility effect in test particle acceleration by magnetohydrodynamic turbulence |
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Acceleration Charged particles Compressibility Electric fields Electromagnetic fields Electrons Incompressible flow Kinetic theory Magnetic fields Turbulence Compressibility effects Electron acceleration Electron pressures Guide magnetic field Magnetohydrodynamic turbulence Numerical experiments Particle dynamics Proton acceleration Magnetohydrodynamics |
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The effect of compressibility in a charged particle energization by magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) fields is studied in the context of test particle simulations. This problem is relevant to the solar wind and the solar corona due to the compressible nature of the flow in those astrophysical scenarios. We consider turbulent electromagnetic fields obtained from direct numerical simulations of the MHD equations with a strong background magnetic field. In order to explore the flow compressibility effect over the particle dynamics, we performed different numerical experiments: an incompressible case and two weak compressible cases with Mach number M = 0.1 and M = 0.25. We analyze the behavior of protons and electrons in those turbulent fields, which are well known to form aligned current sheets in the direction of the guide magnetic field. What we call protons and electrons are test particles with scales comparable to (for protons) and much smaller than (for electrons) the dissipative scale of MHD turbulence, maintaining the correct mass ratio m e / m i. For these test particles, we show that compressibility enhances the efficiency of proton acceleration, and that the energization is caused by perpendicular electric fields generated between currents sheets. On the other hand, electrons remain magnetized and display an almost adiabatic motion, with no effect of compressibility observed. Another set of numerical experiments takes into account two fluid modifications, namely, electric field due to Hall effect and electron pressure gradient. We show that the electron pressure has an important contribution to electron acceleration allowing highly parallel energization. In contrast, no significant effect of these additional terms is observed for the protons. © 2016 Author(s). |
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Dmitruk, Pablo Ariel Mininni, Pablo Daniel |
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Dmitruk, Pablo Ariel Mininni, Pablo Daniel |
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Dmitruk, Pablo Ariel |
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On the compressibility effect in test particle acceleration by magnetohydrodynamic turbulence |
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On the compressibility effect in test particle acceleration by magnetohydrodynamic turbulence |
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On the compressibility effect in test particle acceleration by magnetohydrodynamic turbulence |
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On the compressibility effect in test particle acceleration by magnetohydrodynamic turbulence |
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On the compressibility effect in test particle acceleration by magnetohydrodynamic turbulence |
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on the compressibility effect in test particle acceleration by magnetohydrodynamic turbulence |
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2016 |
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