Stochastic diffusion of ions due to a finite set of lower hybrid waves

• Autor(a) principal: Tozawa, Lucio Minoru
• Data de Publicação: 2002
• Outros Autores: Ziebell, Luiz Fernando
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UFRGS
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10183/101354
• topic: Difusão; Processos estocásticos

In this paper we generalize the discussion on stochastic diffusion of energetic ions by lower hybrid waves by considering a case where a set of waves with similar frequencies is present in the system. In the particular case of a finite number of coherent waves, we show that the threshold for stochastic diffusion is reduced in comparison with the threshold in the one-wave case, and that the ensuing particle diffusion in velocity space occurs in periodic bursts along the time evolution. In the more general case of a set of waves with random phases, we have obtained even more efficient long-term diffusion in velocity space, for the same number of waves, although the initial diffusion rate can be smaller than in the case of coherent waves.