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Dynamics of a fast Maxwellian electron cloud in coronal plasma
Author(s) -
Kontar E. P.,
Mel'nik V. N.,
Lapshin V. I.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
radio science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.371
H-Index - 84
eISSN - 1944-799X
pISSN - 0048-6604
DOI - 10.1029/2000rs002453
Subject(s) - electron , plasma , physics , plateau (mathematics) , atomic physics , computational physics , quantum mechanics , mathematics , mathematical analysis
Dynamics of a hot electron cloud with an initially Maxwellian electron distribution is considered both numerically and analytically. It is shown that only a small group of the electrons propagates into the plasma but the main group of the electrons is concentrated near the initial location of the cloud. The distribution of the electrons left presents a plateau with the maximum velocity growing linearly with distance.