Abstract
Since the early days of plasma simulation studies, superthermal electrons having energies much greater than the injected beam electrons have been widespreadly observed. The origin of such superthermal tail in the electron velocity distribution is generally believed due to the second order Fermi acceleration, i.e. the acceleration due to turbulence. In this paper, generation of superthermal electrons is studied by using a 1D PIC simulation code.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 93-94 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | Computer Physics Communications |
| Volume | 177 |
| Issue number | 1-2 SPEC. ISS. |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jul 2007 |
| Externally published | Yes |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Hardware and Architecture
- General Physics and Astronomy
Keywords
- Beam plasma interaction
- Energetic particle
- Langmuir turbulence