Speaker
Mr
Etienne Koen
(SANSA Space Science)
Level for award<br> (Hons, MSc, <br> PhD)?
PhD
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)?
Yes
Main supervisor (name and email)<br>and his / her institution
Andrew Collier, collierab@gmail.com, SANSA Space Science
Abstract content <br> (Max 300 words)
Existence domains and characteristics of ion acoustic waves are studied in a
two-temperature electron, adiabatic ions and low density ion plasma with the electron components being kappa-distributed. Such an environment has been found in Saturn’s magnetosphere. Using a Particle-in-Cell (PIC) simulation, the evolution of the spatial electric field is tracked during the entire simulation, after which a dispersion diagram is constructed to study the dispersion characteristics of the ion acoustic mode.
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)
