Open AccessAcceleration of dust grains by means of electromagnetic cyclotron waves
Author(s) -
Shukla P. K.,
Stenflo L.,
Mamun A. A.,
Resendes D. P.,
Sorasio G.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
journal of geophysical research: space physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.67
H-Index - 298
eISSN - 2156-2202
pISSN - 0148-0227
DOI - 10.1029/2002ja009321
Subject(s) - physics , cyclotron , cyclotron radiation , electromagnetic radiation , acceleration , ponderomotive force , particle acceleration , van allen radiation belt , plasma , electric field , computational physics , magnetosphere , optics , classical mechanics , nuclear physics , quantum mechanics
It is shown that charged dust grains can be accelerated by the nonuniform space charge electric fields that are created by the ponderomotive force of circularly polarized electromagnetic cyclotron waves. The relevance of our investigation to dust energization in the Earth's mesospheric plasma is stressed.