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On heating of solar wind protons by the parametric decay of large-amplitude Alfvén waves
Horia Comişel
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institut für Theoretische Physik, Technische Universität Braunschweig,
Mendelssohnstr. 3, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany
Institute for Space Sciences, Atomiştilor 409, P.O. Box MG-23,
Bucharest-Măgurele, 077125, Romania
Yasuhiro Nariyuki
Faculty of Human Development, University of Toyama, 3190,
Gofuku, Toyama City, Toyama 930-8555, Japan
Yasuhito Narita
Space Research Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences,
Schmiedlstr. 6, 8042 Graz, Austria
Institut für Geophysik und extraterrestrische Physik,
Technische Universität Braunschweig, Mendelssohnstr. 3,
38106 Braunschweig, Germany
Uwe Motschmann
Institut für Theoretische Physik, Technische Universität Braunschweig,
Mendelssohnstr. 3, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Institut für
Planetenforschung, Rutherfordstr. 2, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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Yasuhito Narita
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Martin Volwerk, Daniel Schmid, Bruce T. Tsurutani, Magda Delva, Ferdinand Plaschke, Yasuhito Narita, Tielong Zhang, and Karl-Heinz Glassmeier
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Horia Comişel, Yasuhiro Nariyuki, Yasuhito Narita, and Uwe Motschmann
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Ferdinand Plaschke and Yasuhito Narita
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Rudolf A. Treumann, Wolfgang Baumjohann, and Yasuhito Narita
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Y. Narita, H. Comişel, and U. Motschmann
Ann. Geophys., 34, 591–593, https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-34-591-2016, https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-34-591-2016, 2016
Y. Narita, E. Marsch, C. Perschke, K.-H. Glassmeier, U. Motschmann, and H. Comişel
Ann. Geophys., 34, 393–398, https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-34-393-2016, https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-34-393-2016, 2016
Y. Narita, R. Nakamura, W. Baumjohann, K.-H. Glassmeier, U. Motschmann, and H. Comişel
Ann. Geophys., 34, 85–89, https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-34-85-2016, https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-34-85-2016, 2016
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Y. Narita
Ann. Geophys., 33, 1413–1419, https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-33-1413-2015, https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-33-1413-2015, 2015
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H. Comişel, Y. Narita, and U. Motschmann
Ann. Geophys., 33, 345–350, https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-33-345-2015, https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-33-345-2015, 2015
H. Comişel, Y. Narita, and U. Motschmann
Nonlin. Processes Geophys., 21, 1075–1083, https://doi.org/10.5194/npg-21-1075-2014, https://doi.org/10.5194/npg-21-1075-2014, 2014
D. Schmid, M. Volwerk, F. Plaschke, Z. Vörös, T. L. Zhang, W. Baumjohann, and Y. Narita
Ann. Geophys., 32, 651–657, https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-32-651-2014, https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-32-651-2014, 2014
M. Wilczek, H. Xu, and Y. Narita
Nonlin. Processes Geophys., 21, 645–649, https://doi.org/10.5194/npg-21-645-2014, https://doi.org/10.5194/npg-21-645-2014, 2014
Y. Nariyuki, T. Umeda, T. K. Suzuki, and T. Hada
Nonlin. Processes Geophys., 21, 339–346, https://doi.org/10.5194/npg-21-339-2014, https://doi.org/10.5194/npg-21-339-2014, 2014
Y. Narita
Nonlin. Processes Geophys., 21, 41–47, https://doi.org/10.5194/npg-21-41-2014, https://doi.org/10.5194/npg-21-41-2014, 2014
C. Perschke, Y. Narita, S. P. Gary, U. Motschmann, and K.-H. Glassmeier
Ann. Geophys., 31, 1949–1955, https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-31-1949-2013, https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-31-1949-2013, 2013
Y. Narita, R. Nakamura, and W. Baumjohann
Ann. Geophys., 31, 1605–1610, https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-31-1605-2013, https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-31-1605-2013, 2013
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Short summary
Space plasmas are assumed to be highly active and dynamic systems including waves and turbulence. Electromagnetic waves such as Alfven waves interact with one another, producing daughter waves. In our study based on three-dimensional hybrid simulations, we emphasize the role of obliquely propagating daughter waves in particle heating in low-temperature (or low-beta) plasmas. The evolutions of plasma turbulence, wave dissipation, and heating are essential problems in astrophysics.
Space plasmas are assumed to be highly active and dynamic systems including waves and...
