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Electron Acceleration by Quasilinear Processes in the Presence of a Ring-beam Electron Population

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A set of self-consistent equations of weak turbulence theory that describe the time evolution of the electron velocity distribution and of the spectra of Langmuir and ion sound waves is solved numerically, considering the presence of a core electron population and a ring-beam electron distribution. The results obtained show that the finite pitch angle of the beam relative to the direction of the ambient magnetic field leads to a spectrum of Langmuir waves which is more complex than the spectrum obtained in the case of beams with zero pitch angle, to an enlarged plateau in the beam region of the electron velocity distribution and to the generation of a prominent high-velocity population in the electron velocity distribution.

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LFZ acknowledges support from CNPq (Brazil), Grant No. 302708/2018-9, and partial support by the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - Brasil (CAPES) - Finance Code 001. PHY acknowledges NASA Grant No. NNH18ZDA001N-HSR and NSF Grants No. 1842643 and 2203321 to the University of Maryland.

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  1. Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, 91501-970, RS, Brazil

    Luiz F. Ziebell

  2. Institute for Physical Science and Technology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742-243, USA

    Peter H. Yoon

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Ziebell, L.F., Yoon, P.H. Electron Acceleration by Quasilinear Processes in the Presence of a Ring-beam Electron Population. Braz J Phys 52, 87 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13538-022-01085-9

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