Parametric Decay Instability and Dissipation of Low-frequency Alfvén Waves in Low-beta Turbulent Plasmas
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<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p>Evolution of the parametric decay instability (PDI) of a circularly polarized Alfvén wave in a turbulent low-beta plasma background is investigated using 3D hybrid simulations. It is shown that the turbulence reduces the growth rate of PDI as compared to the linear theory predictions, but PDI can still exist. Interestingly, the damping rate of the ion acoustic mode (as the product of PDI) is also reduced as compared to the linear Vlasov predictions. Nonetheless, significant heating of ions in the direction parallel to the background magnetic field is observed due to resonant Landau damping of the ion acoustic waves. In low-beta turbulent plasmas, PDI can provide an important channel for energy dissipation of low-frequency Alfvén waves at a scale much larger than the ion kinetic scales, different from the traditional turbulence dissipation models.</jats:p>
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- The Astrophysical Journal
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The Astrophysical Journal 855 (2), 139-, 2018-03-10
American Astronomical Society