Abstract
This work investigates the interaction on a single test electron with a large amplitude nonresonant wave. It is shown that the interaction of a whistler wave with a trapped bouncing electron can lead to chaos in the electron trajectory. The end result of the chaotic behavior is to enhance the electron's axial kinetic energy, which decreases the particles pitch angle allowing it to be scattered into the mirror field loss cone.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 92-93 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science |
| State | Published - 1996 |
| Event | Proceedings of the 1996 IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science - Boston, MA, USA Duration: Jun 3 1996 → Jun 5 1996 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering