Direct observation of localized parallel electric fields in a space plasma

被引：143

作者：

Ergun, RE

Su, YJ

Andersson, L

Carlson, CW

McFadden, JP

Mozer, FS

Newman, DL

Goldman, MV

Strangeway, RJ

机构：

[1] Univ Colorado, Atmospher & Space Phys Lab, Boulder, CO 80309 USA

[2] Univ Calif Berkeley, Space Sci Lab, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA

[3] Univ Colorado, Ctr Integrated Plasma Studies, Boulder, CO 80309 USA

[4] Univ Calif Los Angeles, Inst Geophys & Planetary Phys, Los Angeles, CA 90055 USA

[5] Univ Colorado, Dept Astrophys & Planetary Sci, Boulder, CO 80309 USA

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS | 2001年 / 87卷 / 04期

关键词：

D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.045003

中图分类号：

O4 [物理学];

学科分类号：

0702 ;

摘要：

We report direct measurements of parallel electric fields related to particle acceleration in a collisionless space plasma. The electric field is that of a monotonic potential ramp localized to similar to 10 debye lengths along the magnetic field. Electrons accelerated by the parallel electric field are accompanied by intense electrostatic waves and nonlinear structures interpreted as electron phase-space holes.

引用

页码：45003 / 1

页数：4

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