Harmonics Effect on Ion-Bulk Waves in CH Plasmas

Abstract

The harmonics effect on ion-bulk (IBk) waves has been researched by Vlasov simulation. The condition of excitation of a large-amplitude IBk waves is given to explain the phenomenon of strong short-wavelength electrostatic activity in solar wind. When $k$ is much lower than $k_{lor}/2$ ($k_{lor}$ is the wave number at loss-of-resonance point), the IBk waves will not be excited to a large amplitude, because a large part of energy will be spread to harmonics. The nature of nonlinear IBk waves in the condition of $k<k_{lor}/2$ is undamped Bernstein-Greene-Kruskal-like waves with harmonics superposition. Only when the wave number $k$ of IBk waves satisfies $k_{lor}/2\lesssim k\le k_{lor}$, can a large-amplitude and mono-frequency IBk wave be excited. These results give a guidance for a novel scattering mechanism related to IBk waves in the field of laser plasma interaction.

arXiv comment5 pages, 4 figures

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