Speaker
Mr
Etienne Koen
(SANSA Space Science)
Level for award<br> (Hons, MSc, <br> PhD)?
PhD
Abstract content <br> (Max 300 words)
The electron-acoustic instability in a magnetised plasma having three electron
components, one of which is a field-aligned beam of intermediate temperature, is
investigated using a Particle-in-Cell simulation. When the magnetic field strength is such that the plasma frequency of the cool electrons is less than the electron gyrofrequency, the only instability in the electron-acoustic frequency range is the strongly magnetized electron-acoustic instability. Its growth rate and real frequency exhibit a decrease with propagation angle and it grows at small to intermediate wave numbers.
Main supervisor (name and email)<br>and his / her institution
collierab@gmail.com
Apply to be<br> considered for a student <br> award (Yes / No)?
Yes
Would you like to <br> submit a short paper <br> for the Conference <br> Proceedings (Yes / No)?
No
Primary author
Mr
Etienne Koen
(SANSA Space Science)
Co-authors
Dr
Andrew Collier
(SANSA Space Science)
Mr
Lifa Mbuli
(SANSA Space Science)
Dr
Shimul Maharaj
(SANSA Space Science)
