Wave induced double diffusion and its application to beam produtions at plasma boundaries.
01 January 1987
Wave induced transport can produce diffusions both in coordinate space and in velocity space at a much closer rate than that in the case of a classic transort. In such a case the quasiliner diffusion in velocity space should be solved in conjuction with the diffusion in coordinate space. This leads to processes hitherto unknown such as a generation of a large number of accelerated particles near the plasma-vacuum boundary. As an example, the theory of a double diffusion caused by kinetic Alfvens wave turbulence is presented and generations of ion beams and electron anistropies near the plasma sheet boundary are discussed.