Stochastic Ion Acceleration by the Ion-cyclotron Instability in a Growing Magnetic Field

Francisco Ley, Mario Riquelme, Lorenzo Sironi +2

Using 1D and 2D particle-in-cell (PIC) simulations of a plasma with a growing magnetic field $\vec{B}$, we show that ions can be stochastically accelerated by the ion-cyclotron (IC…