Nonlinear Limit of a Drift Instability Related to Auroral Bombardment
- 1 October 1967
- journal article
- conference paper
- Published by AIP Publishing in Physics of Fluids
- Vol. 10 (10) , 2263-2270
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1762023
Abstract
The nonlinear development of the low‐frequency transverse‐drift instability is calculated. Although quasi‐linear theory might be expected to be valid for such a mode, wave scattering is required to saturate the mode spectrum. The effect of the fully developed instability is a coordinate displacement, and a shift in v̄z. If applied to the radiation belts, this instability would predict auroral bombardment localized in radius, occurring in the lower density large‐gradient regions of the particle distribution.Keywords
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