Electron beam instability as generation mechanism of electrostatic solitary waves in the magnetotail

Y. Omura, H. Matsumoto, T. Miyake, and H. Kojima

Radio Atmospheric Science Center, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

(Journal of Geophysical Research, 101, 2685-2697, 1996)

Run 1 : R = 0.5, Vd1 = 0.0, Vd2 = 20.0, Vt1 = 1.0, Vt2 = 1.0, Vti = 2.0

Run 2 : R = 0.5, Vd1 = 0.1, Vd2 = 20.0, Vt1 = 1.0, Vt2 = 1.0, Vti = 0.1

Run 3 : R = 0.5, Vd1 = -10.0, Vd2 = 10.0, Vt1 = 1.0, Vt2 = 1.0, Vti = 2.0

Run 4 : R = 0.05, Vd1 = 0.0, Vd2 = 20.0, Vt1 = 1.0, Vt2 = 1.0, Vti = 0.1

Run 5 : R = 0.05, Vd1 = 0.0, Vd2 = 20.0, Vt1 = 10.0, Vt2 = 1.0, Vti = 0.1

Run 6 : R = 0.5, Vd1 = 0.0, Vd2 = 20.0, Vt1 = 6.0, Vt2 = 6.0, Vti = 0.1

(R : density ratio; Vd1, Vd2 : drift velocities of electron beams; Vt1 ,Vt2 , Vti : thermal velocities of the electron and ion beams)

Common Parameters for All Runs
Grid spacing

dx = 1

Time step

dt = 0.025

Number of grid points

Nx = 1024

Total electron plasma frequency

fe = 1.0 / 6.28

Mass ratio

Mi/Me= 100

Drift velocity of ions

Vdi = 0.0