Particle-in-cell and weak turbulence simulations of plasma emission. (arXiv:1811.02392v1 [astro-ph.SR])
<a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Lee_S/0/1/0/all/0/1">Sang-Yun Lee</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Ziebell_L/0/1/0/all/0/1">L. F. Ziebell</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Yoon_P/0/1/0/all/0/1">P. H. Yoon</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Gaelzer_R/0/1/0/all/0/1">R. Gaelzer</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Lee_E/0/1/0/all/0/1">E. S. Lee</a>
The plasma emission process, which is the mechanism for solar type II and
type III radio bursts phenomena, is studied by means of particle-in-cell and
weak turbulence simulation methods. By plasma emission, it is meant as a loose
description of a series of processes, starting from the solar flare associated
electron beam exciting Langmuir and ion-acoustic turbulence, and subsequent
partial conversion of beam energy into the radiation energy by nonlinear
processes. Particle-in-cell (PIC) simulation is rigorous but the method is
computationally intense, and it is difficult to diagnose the results. Numerical
solution of equations of weak turbulence (WT) theory, termed WT simulation, on
the other hand, is efficient and naturally lends itself to diagnostics since
various terms in the equation can be turned on or off. Nevertheless, WT theory
is based upon a number of assumptions. It is, therefore, desirable to compare
the two methods, which is carried out for the first time in the present paper
with numerical solutions of the complete set of equations of the WT theory and
with two-dimensional electromagnetic PIC simulation. Upon making quantitative
comparisons it is found that WT theory is largely valid, although some
discrepancies are also found. The present study also indicates that it requires
large computational resources in order to accurately simulate the radiation
emission processes, especially for low electron beam speeds. Findings from the
present paper thus imply that both methods may be useful for the study of solar
radio emissions as they are complementary.
The plasma emission process, which is the mechanism for solar type II and
type III radio bursts phenomena, is studied by means of particle-in-cell and
weak turbulence simulation methods. By plasma emission, it is meant as a loose
description of a series of processes, starting from the solar flare associated
electron beam exciting Langmuir and ion-acoustic turbulence, and subsequent
partial conversion of beam energy into the radiation energy by nonlinear
processes. Particle-in-cell (PIC) simulation is rigorous but the method is
computationally intense, and it is difficult to diagnose the results. Numerical
solution of equations of weak turbulence (WT) theory, termed WT simulation, on
the other hand, is efficient and naturally lends itself to diagnostics since
various terms in the equation can be turned on or off. Nevertheless, WT theory
is based upon a number of assumptions. It is, therefore, desirable to compare
the two methods, which is carried out for the first time in the present paper
with numerical solutions of the complete set of equations of the WT theory and
with two-dimensional electromagnetic PIC simulation. Upon making quantitative
comparisons it is found that WT theory is largely valid, although some
discrepancies are also found. The present study also indicates that it requires
large computational resources in order to accurately simulate the radiation
emission processes, especially for low electron beam speeds. Findings from the
present paper thus imply that both methods may be useful for the study of solar
radio emissions as they are complementary.
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